Keratin, Type Ii Cytoskeletal 5 (KRT5) Reagents

Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara type (DM-EBS); Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, with migratory circinate erythema (EBSMCE); Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Weber-Cockayne type (WC-EBS); Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Koebner type (K-EBS); Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, with mottled pigmentation (MP-EBS); Dowling-Degos disease 1 (DDD1)

Intermediate filament family

Expressed in corneal epithelium (at protein level).

58 kDa cytokeratin; CK-5; CK5; Cytokeratin-5; Cytokeratin5; DDD; DDD1; EBS2; epidermolysis bullosa simplex 2 Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types; K2C5_HUMAN; K5; keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types); Keratin 5; Keratin; keratin complex 2, basic, gene 5; keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5; Keratin-5; Keratin5; KRT 5; Krt5; KRT5A; type II cytoskeletal 5; Type-II keratin Kb5

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. The type II cytokeratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiation of simple and stratified epithelial tissues. This type II cytokeratin is specifically expressed in the basal layer of the epidermis with family member KRT14. Mutations in these genes have been associated with a complex of diseases termed epidermolysis bullosa simplex. The type II cytokeratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q12-q13.