Gene Information
Gene NameKRT1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length644
Protein NamesKeratin, type II cytoskeletal 1 (67 kDa cytokeratin) (Cytokeratin-1) (CK-1) (Hair alpha protein) (Keratin-1) (K1) (Type-II keratin Kb1)
Target Namekeratin, type ii cytoskeletal 1
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000167768 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP04264
Gene CardKRT1
Uniprot IDP04264
PfamPF00038; PF16208; PF16210
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.114682205)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ KRT1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ KRT1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ KRT1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Krt1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ KRT1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Krt1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ KRT1 ( 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, 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, KRT17, KRT79, KRT71, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissueskin, zone.of.skin, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin
Tissue SpecificityThe source of this protein is neonatal foreskin. The 67-kDa type II keratins are expressed in terminally differentiating epidermis.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);0.001000(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.033333(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4ZRY  (X-ray  3.30A  6E2J  (X-ray  2.39A  6UUI  (X-ray  2.07A 
DBSNP rs57977969  rs57959072  rs57959072  rs57695159  rs60022878  rs59429455  rs58928370  rs58928370  rs60937700  rs61549035  rs58062863  rs1050872  rs17678945  rs59089201  rs61218439  rs57837128  rs58420087  rs267607430  rs56914602  rs60279707  rs60279707  rs14024 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17956333}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32179842}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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