Gene Information
Gene NameKRT71
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length523
Protein NamesKeratin, type II cytoskeletal 71 (Cytokeratin-71) (CK-71) (Keratin-71) (K71) (Type II inner root sheath-specific keratin-K6irs1) (Keratin 6 irs) (hK6irs) (hK6irs1) (Type-II keratin Kb34)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000139648 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ3SY84
Gene CardKRT71
Uniprot IDQ3SY84
PfamPF00038; PF16208
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.266595527)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ KRT71 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ KRT71 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ KRT71 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Krt71 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ KRT71 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Krt71 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ KRT71 ( 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, KRT17, KRT79, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissuezone.of.skin
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in hair follicles from scalp. Specifically expressed in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle. Present in the all 3 IRS layers: the cuticle, the Henle and the Huxley layers. Also detected in the pseudopods of specialized Huxley cells, termed Fluegelzellen, along the area of differentiated Henle cells (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11982755, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12648212, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16874310, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22592156}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs665522  rs665470  rs587777545  rs35988863  rs10783518  rs2292506 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22592156}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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