KRT23

Also known as CK23, HAIK1, K23, keratin 23

Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 23 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT23 gene.

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KRT23

Name: keratin 23
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: CK23, HAIK1, K23

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into cytokeratins and hair keratins. The type I cytokeratins consist of acidic proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains. The type I cytokeratin genes are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013].

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keratin 23

Symbol: KRT23
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 17:40,922,696-40,937,646
Strand: Reverse (−)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 9172
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/25984
genomic start: 40922700
genomic end: 40937646
cytogenetic location: 17q21.2

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Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 23 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT23 gene.

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into cytokeratin and hair keratin. The type I cytokeratins consist of acidic proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains. The type I cytokeratin genes are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21.