| Gene Symbol |
KRTAP12-4
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| Entrez Gene |
386684
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| Alt Symbol |
KRTAP12.4
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
keratin associated protein 12-4
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| Other Description |
high sulfur keratin-associated protein 12.4|keratin-associated protein 12-4
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| Swissprots |
Q08AF5 P60329
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| Accessions |
EAX09408 P60329 AB076360 BAD01547 BC125198 AAI25199 NM_198698 NP_941971
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| Function |
In the hair cortex, hair keratin intermediate filaments are embedded in an interfilamentous matrix, consisting of hair keratin-associated proteins (KRTAP), which are essential for the formation of a rigid and resistant hair shaft through their extensive disulfide bond cross-linking with abundant cysteine residues of hair keratins. The matrix proteins include the high- sulfur and high-glycine-tyrosine keratins.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Restricted to a narrow region of the hair fiber cuticle, lying approximately 20 cell layers above the apex of the dermal papilla of the hair root; not detected in any other tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14962103, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15028290}.
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