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KRT73
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT73, IRT6IRS3, K6IRS3, KRT6IRS3, keratin 73, K73, CK-73
External IDs	OMIM: 608247; MGI: 3607712; GeneCards: KRT73
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	52,618,559 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	101,710,781 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	skin of leg; ; skin of abdomen; ; granulocyte; ; gonad; ; blood; ; lymph node; ; appendix; ; duodenum; ; spleen; ; bone marrow;
	Top expressed in
	hair follicle; ; lip; ; skin of abdomen; ; skin of back; ; zygote; ; sexually immature organism; ; oocyte; ; primary oocyte; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding; structural molecule activity; molecular function;
Cellular component	keratin filament; extracellular exosome; intermediate filament; nucleus; cytosol;
Biological process	keratinization; cornification; biological process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	319101
	223915
	ENSG00000186049
	ENSMUSG00000063661
	Q86Y46
	Q6NXH9
	NM_175068
	NM_212485
	NP_778238
	NP_997650
	Wikidata
View/Edit Human	View/Edit Mouse

Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 73 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT73 gene.^[5] It is responsible for hair formation, along with other genes,^[6] and it encodes a protein present in the inner root sheath of hair follicles.^[7]

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000186049 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000063661 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "KRT73 Gene(Protein Coding) - Keratin 73, Type II". GeneCards. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "UniProtKB - Q86Y46 (K2C73_HUMAN)". UniProt. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "KRT73 keratin 73 [Homo sapiens (human)]". NCBI. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000186049 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000063661 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[genecards-5] "KRT73 Gene(Protein Coding) - Keratin 73, Type II". GeneCards. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

[uniprot-6] "UniProtKB - Q86Y46 (K2C73_HUMAN)". UniProt. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

[7] "KRT73 keratin 73 [Homo sapiens (human)]". NCBI. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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