Keratin 3
Appearance
keratin 3 | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | KRT3 | ||||||
NCBI gene | 3850 | ||||||
HGNC | 6440 | ||||||
OMIM | 148043 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_057088 | ||||||
UniProt | P12035 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
Locus | Chr. 12 q12-q13 | ||||||
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Keratin 3 is a type II cytokeratin. It is specifically found in the corneal epithelium together with keratin 12 and mutations in the genes encoding this protein have been associated with Meesmanns Corneal Dystrophy.