Keratin 15

Keratin 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT15 gene.[5][6] It has also been referred to as cytokeratin 15, K1CO and KRTB.

KRT15
Identifiers
AliasesKRT15, CK15, K15, K1CO, keratin 15
External IDsOMIM: 148030 MGI: 96689 HomoloGene: 1712 GeneCards: KRT15
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3866

16665

Ensembl

ENSG00000171346

ENSMUSG00000054146

UniProt

P19012

Q61414

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002275

NM_008469

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002266

NP_032495

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 41.51 – 41.52 MbChr 11: 100.02 – 100.03 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Keratin 15 is a type I cytokeratin. It is well-expressed in the basal layer of complex epithelia. However, acral keratinocytes express little to no keratin 15.[7]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171346 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000054146 - 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.
  5. Barletta C, Batticane N, Ragusa RM, Leube R, Peschle C, Romano V (1990). "Subchromosomal localization of two human cytokeratin genes (KRT4 and KRT15) by in situ hybridization". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 54 (3–4): 148–150. doi:10.1159/000132979. PMID 1702379.
  6. Schweizer J, Bowden PE, Coulombe PA, Langbein L, Lane EB, Magin TM, et al. (July 2006). "New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins". The Journal of Cell Biology. 174 (2): 169–174. doi:10.1083/jcb.200603161. PMC 2064177. PMID 16831889.
  7. Merleev AA, Le ST, Alexanian C, Toussi A, Xie Y, Marusina AI, et al. (August 2022). "Biogeographic and disease-specific alterations in epidermal lipid composition and single-cell analysis of acral keratinocytes". JCI Insight. 7 (16): e159762. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.159762. PMC 9462509. PMID 35900871.

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