Gene Information
Gene NameKRT17
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length432
Protein NamesKeratin, type I cytoskeletal 17 (39.1) (Cytokeratin-17) (CK-17) (Keratin-17) (K17)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000128422 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ04695
Gene CardKRT17
Uniprot IDQ04695
PfamPF00038
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.848738013)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ KRT17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Krt17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ KRT17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Krt17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ KRT17 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsVIM, KRT12, KRT74, INA, NEFM, KRT39, SYNM, KRT13, KRT80, KRT33B, KRT31, KRT77, KRT26, KRT32, KRT73, KRT28, KRT37, KRT38, KRT6B, KRT6A, KRT6C, KRT72, KRT20, KRT5, 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, KRT79, KRT71, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissueurinary.bladder, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in the outer root sheath and medulla region of hair follicle specifically from eyebrow and beard, digital pulp, nail matrix and nail bed epithelium, mucosal stratified squamous epithelia and in basal cells of oral epithelium, palmoplantar epidermis and sweat and mammary glands. Also expressed in myoepithelium of prostate, basal layer of urinary bladder, cambial cells of sebaceous gland and in exocervix (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10651700, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10844551, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1281771, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2481679}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs28928898  rs28928898  rs28928896  rs28928896  rs59151893  rs58730926  rs28928897  rs28928897  rs28928899  rs28928899  rs28933088  rs28933089  rs59977263  rs267607412  rs56690581 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9QWL7}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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