Gene Information
Gene NameKRT5
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length590
Protein NamesKeratin, type II cytoskeletal 5 (58 kDa cytokeratin) (Cytokeratin-5) (CK-5) (Keratin-5) (K5) (Type-II keratin Kb5)
Target Namekeratin, type ii cytoskeletal 5
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000186081 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP13647
Gene CardKRT5
Uniprot IDP13647
PfamPF00038; PF16208
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.367514519)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ KRT5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Alpaca_ KRT6A ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ KRT5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ KRT5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Krt5 ( ortholog_one2many )
Mouse_ Gm5478 ( ortholog_one2many )
Pig_ KRT5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Krt5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ KRT5 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsKRT33A, GFAP, KRT19, KRT15, KRT10, KRT17P2, KRT16, KRT14, VIM, DES
ParalogsVIM, KRT12, KRT74, INA, NEFM, KRT39, SYNM, KRT13, KRT80, KRT33B, KRT31, KRT77, KRT26, KRT32, KRT73, KRT28, KRT37, KRT38, KRT6B, KRT6A, KRT6C, KRT72, KRT20, KRT222, LMNB1, PRPH, KRT23, KRT4, KRT36, KRT7, KRT34, KRT75, KRT25, KRT76, KRT35, KRT78, KRT24, KRT40, KRT86, KRT83, KRT81, NES, DES, KRT2, KRT9, KRT27, KRT3, KRT84, LMNB2, KRT33A, KRT82, BFSP2, KRT14, KRT16, KRT85, LMNA, KRT8, GFAP, KRT17, KRT79, KRT71, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissueesophagus, skin, tongue, esophagus.mucosa, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin, vagina
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in corneal epithelium (at protein level) (PubMed:26758872). Expressed in keratinocytes (at protein level) (PubMed:20128788, PubMed:31302245). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20128788, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26758872, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31302245}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.033333(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3TNU  (X-ray  3.00A  6JFV  (X-ray  2.60A 
DBSNP rs57499817  rs1065115  rs11170164  rs59851104  rs59851104  rs62635291  rs267607450  rs60617604  rs763608512  rs61222761  rs58058996  rs267607456  rs57378129  rs58619430  rs60720877  rs59115483  rs58163069  rs57890479  rs59092197  rs61495052  rs57781042  rs58480900  rs267607451  rs60715293  rs267607443  rs267607661  rs267607457  rs121912475  rs121912475  rs267607452  rs58976397  rs57751134  rs60586163  rs641615  rs58766676  rs58766676  rs200333163  rs59864957  rs1938635857  rs59840738  rs59335325  rs58107458  rs58072617  rs58072617  rs59464425  rs57142010  rs56790237  rs57142010  rs59730172  rs61297109  rs56729325  rs59112594  rs2669875  rs60809982  rs121912476  rs267607458  rs57845028  rs267607453  rs57599352  rs62642056  rs60062350  rs60271599  rs60596287  rs895084041  rs61348633  rs57155193  rs56922686  rs58319159  rs59190510  rs267607438  rs58608695  rs11549950  rs11549949 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20128788}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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