KRT79 explained

Keratin 79 also known as KRT79 is a protein which humans is encoded by the KRT79 gene.^{[1] [2]}

Function

Keratins, such as KRT79, are filament proteins that make up one of the major structural fibers of epithelial cells^[3]

Further reading

• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2002 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Sowa ME, Bennett EJ, Gygi SP, Harper JW . Defining the human deubiquitinating enzyme interaction landscape. . Cell . 138 . 2 . 389–403 . 2009 . 19615732 . 10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.042 . 2716422 .

Notes and References

1. Hesse M, Magin TM, Weber K . Genes for intermediate filament proteins and the draft sequence of the human genome: novel keratin genes and a surprisingly high number of pseudogenes related to keratin genes 8 and 18 . J. Cell Sci. . 114 . Pt 14 . 2569–75 . July 2001 . 10.1242/jcs.114.14.2569 . 11683385 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: KRT79 keratin 79 .
3. Rogers MA, Edler L, Winter H, Langbein L, Beckmann I, Schweizer J . Characterization of new members of the human type II keratin gene family and a general evaluation of the keratin gene domain on chromosome 12q13.13 . J. Invest. Dermatol. . 124 . 3 . 536–44 . March 2005 . 15737194 . 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23530.x . free .