Keratin 34
Protein found in humans
Keratin, type I cuticular Ha4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT34 gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II keratins to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q21.2 and have the same direction of transcription.
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