Keratin 19

KRT19
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT19, CK19, K19, K1CS, keratin 19
External IDs	OMIM: 148020; MGI: 96693; HomoloGene: 1713; GeneCards: KRT19; OMA:KRT19 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	41,528,308 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	100,039,491 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	palpebral conjunctiva; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; nasal epithelium; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; olfactory zone of nasal mucosa; ; amniotic fluid; ; epithelium of nasopharynx; ; epithelium of bronchus; ; gallbladder; ; bronchial epithelial cell;
	Top expressed in
	epithelium of stomach; ; crypt of lieberkuhn of small intestine; ; mucous cell of stomach; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder; ; pyloric antrum; ; left colon; ; duodenum; ; conjunctival fornix; ; ileum; ; lactiferous gland;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein-containing complex binding; structural constituent of muscle; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; protein binding; structural molecule activity;
Cellular component	terminal web; plasma membrane; sarcolemma; costamere; dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex; Z discdkac; extracellular exosome; intermediate filament; cell periphery; cytosol; apicolateral plasma membrane;
Biological process	Notch signaling pathway; viral process; sarcomere organization; cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development; response to estrogen; keratinization; cornification;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3880
	16669
	ENSG00000171345
	ENSMUSG00000020911
	P08727
	P19001
	NM_002276
	NM_008471; NM_001313963
	NP_002267
	NP_001300892; NP_032497
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Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 (Keratin-19)) also known as cytokeratin-19 (CK-19) is a 40 kDa protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT19 gene. Keratin-19 is a type I keratin.