keratin 79

Symbol

KRT79 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes an epithelial keratin that is expressed in skeletal muscle, skin and scalp. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]

Orthologs

Symbol	Species
Krt79	Mus musculus
LOC683720	Rattus norvegicus

Links to external resources

Entrez Gene: 338785
OMIM: 611160
Ensembl: ENSG00000185640
UniProt: Q5XKE5
UniGene: Hs.711471
GeneCards

Changes associated with this gene

Identifier	Name	Type	Tissues	Organism	Gene	Data	Actions
DAA4437	Gene expression of KRT79 decreases with age	Molecular	skin	Human	KRT79	—

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GO Terms

GO ID	GO Term	GO Category
GO:0045095	keratin filament	cellular_component
GO:0005198	structural molecule activity	molecular_function