Gene Information
Gene NameKRT18
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length430
Protein NamesKeratin, type I cytoskeletal 18 (Cell proliferation-inducing gene 46 protein) (Cytokeratin-18) (CK-18) (Keratin-18) (K18)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000111057 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP05783
Gene CardKRT18
Uniprot IDP05783
PfamPF00038
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.317545558)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ KRT18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ KRT18 ( ortholog_one2many )
Mouse_ Krt18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ KRT18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Krt18 ( ortholog_one2many )
OhnologsKRT33A, KRT23, GFAP, KRT19, KRT15, KRT9, 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, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT10
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in colon, placenta, liver and very weakly in exocervix. Increased expression observed in lymph nodes of breast carcinoma. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17213200, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2422083, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2434380, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2434381}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001899(Rat);0.016667(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs61136606  rs57758506  rs58472472  rs57354642  rs57370769 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus matrix {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q5BJY9}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region. Nucleus, nucleolus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22002106}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q5BJY9}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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