FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as K1C9_HUMAN, KRT9. May serve an important special function either in the mature palmar and plantar skin tissue or in the morphogenetic program of the formation of these tissues. Plays a role in keratin filament assembly. Heterotetramer of two type I and two type II keratins.

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification
PhosphoSitePlus

KRT9

Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 9

KRT9

Molecular Synopsis