Reference Gene

Gene name Alias Species Exons Type Paralogs EC number OMIM
KRT6C keratin 6C K6E , KRT6E , PPKNEFD Homo sapiens 9 protein-coding KRT8 , KRT6B , KRT6A , KRT80 , KRT74 , KRT71 , KRT72 , KRT73 , KRT77 , KRT78 , KRT4 , KRT79 , KRT76 , KRT3 , KRT2 , KRT1 , KRT75 , KRT5 , KRT85 , KRT86 , KRT81 , KRT83 , KRT84 , KRT82 , KRT7 612315

Summary

Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2009]

GeneOntology

Gene Loss events - KRT6C (6 results)

GL_ID Species Order Gene Loss Mechanism Loss Type Lineage Specific Citation
GL_JZTNBE Orcinus orca Artiodactyla Other Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x
GL_OLJWM1 Leptonychotes weddellii Carnivora Gene deletion Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x
GL_UIGLGU Ovis aries Artiodactyla Other Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x
GL_WY8TN0 Trichechus manatus latirostris Sirenia Other Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x
GL_XC9DWZ Vicugna pacos Artiodactyla Gene deletion Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x
GL_YGVAHI Lipotes vexillifer Artiodactyla Other Full No 10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x