Keratin 19

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KRT19
Identifiers
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002276

NM_008471
NM_001313963

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002267

NP_001300892
NP_032497

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 41.52 – 41.53 MbChr 11: 100.03 – 100.04 Mb
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Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 also known as cytokeratin-19 (CK-19) or keratin-19 (K19) is a 40 kDa protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT19 gene.[5][6] Keratin 19 is a type I keratin.

Function

Keratin 19 is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into cytokeratins and hair keratins.

Keratin 19 is a

epidermis. The type I cytokeratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21.[6]

Use as biomarker

KRT19 is also known as Cyfra 21-1.

peripheral blood, and bone marrow of breast cancer patients. Depending on the assays, KRT19 has been shown to be both a specific and a non-specific marker. False positivity in such KRT19 RT-PCR studies include: illegitimate transcription (expression of small amounts of KRT19 mRNA by tissues in which it has no real physiological role), haematological disorders (KRT19 induction in peripheral blood cells by cytokines and growth factors, which circulate at higher concentrations in inflammatory conditions and neutropenia), the presence of pseudogenes (two KRT19 pseudogenes, KRT19a and KRT19b, have been identified, which have significant sequence homology to KRT19 mRNA. Subsequently, attempts to detect the expression of the authentic KRT19 may result in the detection of either or both of these pseudogenes), sample contamination (introduction of contaminating epithelial cells during peripheral blood sampling for subsequent RT-PCR analysis).[8] Moreover, Ck-19 is widely applied as post-operative diagnostic marker of papillary thyroid carcinoma.[9]

Keratin 19 is often used together with keratin 8 and keratin 18 to differentiate cells of epithelial origin from hematopoietic cells in tests that enumerate circulating tumor cells in blood.[10]

Interactions

Keratin 19 has been shown to

interact with Pinin.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171345Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020911Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. PMID 16831889
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  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: KRT19 keratin 19".
  7. PMID 15280913
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