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Facts about Keratin, type I cuticular Ha1.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KRT31 |
| Uniprot: | Q15323 |
| Entrez: | 3881 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| intermediate filament family |

Hair Keratin, Type I Ha; Hard Keratin, Type I, 1; hHa1; K31; Keratin 31; Keratin, Hair, Acidic, 1; Keratin, Type I Cuticular Ha1; Keratin-31; KRTHA1
Mass (kDA):
47.237 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17q21.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (41393721..41397608, complement) |
Present in scalp but not in hairless skin. Abundantly expressed in the differentiating cortex of growing (anagen) hair. Expression is restricted to the keratinocytes of the hair cortex and is absent from inner root sheath and medulla.



PMID: 7578244 by Fink P., et al. A cDNA encoding the human type I hair keratin hHal.
PMID: 9756910 by Rogers M.A., et al. Characterization of a 190-kilobase pair domain of human type I hair keratin genes.