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Facts about Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6B.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KRT6B |
| Uniprot: | P04259 |
| Entrez: | 3854 |

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

CK6B; CK-6B; cytokeratin 6B; cytokeratin-6B; K6B; keratin 6B; keratin, epidermal, type II, K6B; keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6B; keratin-6B; keratin-like 1 (a type II keratin sequence); KRTL1; PC2; Type-II keratin Kb10
Mass (kDA):
60.067 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (52446651..52452146, complement) |
Constitutively expressed in distinct types of epithelia such as those in oral mucosa, esophagus, papillae of tongue and hair follicle outer root sheath.





PMID: 7543104 by Takahashi K., et al. Cloning and characterization of multiple human genes and cDNAs encoding highly related type II keratin 6 isoforms.
PMID: 2410904 by Tyner A.L., et al. The sequence of a type II keratin gene expressed in human skin: conservation of structure among all intermediate filament genes.