KRT38

KRT38 is a keratin gene. Its corresponding protein is asymmetrically distributed within human hair follicles.^[3] It does not have murine^[4] or equine^[5] orthologs. The encoded protein is a type I keratin and a hair keratin.

AliasesKRT38, HA8, KRTHA8, hHa8, keratin 38

External IDsOMIM: 604542; HomoloGene: 68361; GeneCards: KRT38; OMA:KRT38 - orthologs

Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)^[1]

End41,440,983 bp^[1]

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KRT38
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT38, HA8, KRTHA8, hHa8, keratin 38
External IDs	OMIM: 604542; HomoloGene: 68361; GeneCards: KRT38; OMA:KRT38 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 17 (human)[1] Band 17q21.2 Start 41,436,154 bp[1] End 41,440,983 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in hair follicle skin of thigh skin of abdomen pharynx tonsil head gonad mouth mucosa of esophagus salivary gland n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding structural molecule activity Cellular component intermediate filament extracellular exosome cytosol Biological process keratinization cornification Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 8687 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000171360 n/a UniProt O76015 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006771 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_006762 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 41.44 – 41.44 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
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