KRT84

KRT84
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT84, HB4, KRTHB4, keratin 84
External IDs	OMIM: 602766; MGI: 96700; GeneCards: KRT84
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	52,385,652 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	101,441,255 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	placenta; ; skin of abdomen; ; prefrontal cortex; ; tonsil; ; skin of leg; ; vagina; ; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; ; anterior cingulate cortex; ; right frontal lobe; ; pituitary gland;
	Top expressed in
	lip; ; zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; primary oocyte; ; morula; ; morula; ; cervix; ; filiform papilla; ; skin of back; ; skin of abdomen;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	structural constituent of cytoskeleton; structural molecule activity; structural constituent of skin epidermis;
Cellular component	intermediate filament cytoskeleton; keratin filament; extracellular exosome; intermediate filament; cytosol;
Biological process	hair follicle development; regulation of keratinocyte differentiation; nail development; cytoskeleton organization; keratinization; cornification;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	3890
	16680
	ENSG00000161849
	ENSMUSG00000044294
	Q9NSB2
	Q99M73
	NM_033045
	NM_008474
	NP_149034
	NP_032500
	Wikidata
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Keratin, type II cuticular Hb4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the gene KRT84. It is a type II hair keratin contained primarily in the filiform tongue papilla.^[5]

References

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