KRT86

KRT86
Identifiers
Aliases KRT86, HB6, Hb1, KRTHB1, KRTHB6, MNX, hHb6, K86, keratin 86
External IDs MGI: 109362 HomoloGene: 1717 GeneCards: KRT86
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3892

16679

Ensembl

ENSG00000170442

ENSMUSG00000067614

UniProt

O43790

P97861

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002284
NM_001320198

NM_010667

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001307127.1

NP_034797.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 52.25 – 52.31 Mb Chr 15: 101.47 – 101.48 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Keratin, type II cuticular Hb6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT86 gene.[3][4][5]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type II hair keratin, it is a basic protein which heterodimerizes with type I keratins to form hair and nails. The type II hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13 and are grouped into two distinct subfamilies based on structure similarity. One subfamily, consisting of KRTHB1, KRTHB3, and KRTHB6, is highly related. The other less-related subfamily includes KRTHB2, KRTHB4, and KRTHB5. All hair keratins are expressed in the hair follicle; this hair keratin, as well as KRTHB1 and KRTHB3, is found primarily in the hair cortex. Mutations in this gene and KRTHB1 have been observed in patients with a rare dominant hair disease, monilethrix.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ Winter H, Rogers MA, Langbein L, Stevens HP, Leigh IM, Labreze C, Roul S, Taieb A, Krieg T, Schweizer J (Aug 1997). "Mutations in the hair cortex keratin hHb6 cause the inherited hair disease monilethrix". Nat Genet. 16 (4): 372–4. doi:10.1038/ng0897-372. PMID 9241275.
  4. ↑ Schweizer J, Bowden PE, Coulombe PA, Langbein L, Lane EB, Magin TM, Maltais L, Omary MB, Parry DA, Rogers MA, Wright MW (Jul 2006). "New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins". J Cell Biol. 174 (2): 169–74. doi:10.1083/jcb.200603161. PMC 2064177Freely accessible. PMID 16831889.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: KRT86 keratin 86".

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