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KRT71

Chr 12q13.13

keratin 71

Aliases:
KRT6IRS, KRT6IRS1, K6IRS1
MANE:
ENST00000267119.6

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Moderate Evidence (Amber)

  • Ectodermal dysplasia

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Non-syndromic hypotrichosis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Woolly hair

    0.55
  • isolated familial wooly hair disorder

    0.55
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.33
  • androgenetic alopecia

    0.25
  • hypotrichosis

    0.19
  • uncombable hair syndrome

    0.11
  • uncombable hair syndrome 3

    0.11
  • syringocystadenoma papilliferum

    0.10
  • pili gemini

    0.10
  • pili bifurcati

    0.10

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 71

Plays a central role in hair formation. Essential component of keratin intermediate filaments in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.