Gene name: KRTAP21-1

Uniprot entry:

Q3LI58

Protein names:

Keratin-associated protein 21-1

Protein sequence:

1_MCCNY 6_ YGNSC 11_ GYGSG 16_ CGCGY 21_ GSGSG 26_ CGCGY 31_ GTGYG 36_ CGYGC 41_ GFGSH 46_ YGCGY 51_ GTGYG 56_ CGYGS 61_ GSGYC 66_ GYRPF 71_CFRRC

Protein annotations

Protein functions:

1: In the hair cortex, hair keratin intermediate filaments are embedded in an interfilamentous matrix, consisting of hair keratin-associated proteins (KRTAP), which are essential for the formation of a rigid and resistant hair shaft through their extensive disulfide bond cross-linking with abundant cysteine residues of hair keratins. The matrix proteins include the high-sulfur and high-glycine-tyrosine keratins