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KRTAP22-2

Gene
KRTAP22-2
Protein
Keratin-associated protein 22-2
Organism
Homo sapiens
Length
45 amino acids
Function
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 (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the KRTAP type 20 family.
Mass
5.218 kDa
Sequence
MCYYHNYYGSLDYGCSYGSEYGNSGYACNFPCSYGRFLLAPRKKF