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KRT74

Chr 12q13.13

keratin 74

Aliases:
K6IRS4, KRT5C, KRT6IRS4
MANE:
ENST00000305620.3

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Ectodermal dysplasia

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Ectodermal dysplasia without a known gene mutation

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

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • hypotrichosis 3

    0.67
  • autosomal dominant wooly hair

    0.65
  • ectodermal dysplasia 7, hair/nail type

    0.51
  • hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp

    0.46
  • pure hair and nail ectodermal dysplasia

    0.45
  • Woolly hair

    0.37
  • isolated familial wooly hair disorder

    0.37
  • hypotrichosis

    0.02
  • breast carcinoma

    0.02
  • non-small cell lung carcinoma

    0.01

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

Protein function (UniProt)

Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 74

Has a role in hair formation. Specific component of keratin intermediate filaments in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle (Probable)

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.