Entrez gene ID | | 728255 |
Official gene symbol | | KRTAP1-4 |
Full name | | keratin associated protein 1-4 |
Aliases | | ,KAP1.4,KRTAP1.4, |
Gene summary | | The main structural proteins of mammalian hair fiber are the hair keratins (see MIM 601077) and the keratin-associated proteins (KAPs), which form a rigid and resistant hair shaft through extensive disulfide bond crosslinking with the abundant cysteines of hair keratins (Shimomura et al., 2002 [PubMed 12228244]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 17 Locus: 17q21.2 |
Gene position | | 39186330 - 39185950 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 381 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 608821 |
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