KRT40

This gene encodes a member of the type I (acidic) keratin family, which belongs to the superfamily of intermediate filament (IF) proteins. Keratins are heteropolymeric structural proteins which form the intermediate filament. These filaments, along with actin microfilaments and microtubules, compose the cytoskeleton of epithelial cells. The type I keratin genes are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2009]

Description

Keratin 40

Tissue specificity

Group enriched (pituitary gland, retina, skin)

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)

Chromosome

17 (40977716 - 40987135)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000204889  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Krt40: ENSMUSG00000059169

UniProt

Q6A162

neXtProt

NX_Q6A162

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure