keratin, type 2 cuticular Hb2; type 2 hair keratin Hb2; keratin-82; K82 (KRT82, KRTHB2)

Structure

• type-2 hair keratin
• heterotetramer of 2 type 1 & 2 type 2 keratins
• belongs to the intermediate filament family

Genetics

maps to a duplicated region on chromosome 12

More general terms

• basic hair keratin or type II hair keratin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3888
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3888
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601078
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NSB4.html