Keratin 3

KRT3

Identifiers

Aliases

KRT3, CK3, K3, keratin 3, MECD2

External IDs

OMIM: 148043; GeneCards: KRT3; OMA:KRT3 - orthologs

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)^[1]

Band	12q13.13	Start	52,789,685 bp^[1]
Band	12q13.13	End	52,796,117 bp^[1]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

gums

skin of abdomen

vagina

skin of limb

thymus

islet of Langerhans

cervix

salivary gland

right lobe of thyroid gland

cingulate gyrus

n/a

More reference expression data

BioGPS

n/a

Gene ontology
Molecular function	structural molecule activity
Cellular component	keratin filament extracellular exosome intermediate filament cytosol
Biological process	epithelial cell differentiation intermediate filament cytoskeleton organization keratinization cornification
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


3850


n/a

Ensembl


ENSG00000186442


n/a

UniProt


P12035


n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_057088


n/a

RefSeq (protein)


NP_476429


n/a

Location (UCSC)

Chr 12: 52.79 – 52.8 Mb

n/a

PubMed search

^[2]

n/a

Wikidata

View/Edit Human

Keratin 3 also known as cytokeratin 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT3 gene.^[3]^[4] Keratin 3 is a type II cytokeratin. It is specifically found in the corneal epithelium together with keratin 12.

Mutations in the KRT3 encoding this protein have been associated with Meesmanns Corneal Dystrophy.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000186442 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Raimondi E, Moralli D, De Carli L, Ceratto N, Balzaretti M, Leube R, Collin C, Romano V (1994). "Assignment of the human cytokeratin 3 gene (KRT3) to 12q12-->q13 by FISH". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 66 (3): 162–3. doi:10.1159/000133690. PMID 7510223.
^ Schweizer J, Bowden PE, Coulombe PA, Langbein L, Lane EB, Magin TM, Maltais L, Omary MB, Parry DA, Rogers MA, Wright MW (July 2006). "New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins". J. Cell Biol. 174 (2): 169–74. doi:10.1083/jcb.200603161. PMC 2064177. PMID 16831889.
^ Irvine AD, Corden LD, Swensson O, Swensson B, Moore JE, Frazer DG, Smith FJ, Knowlton RG, Christophers E, Rochels R, Uitto J, McLean WH (June 1997). "Mutations in cornea-specific keratin K3 or K12 genes cause Meesmann's corneal dystrophy". Nat. Genet. 16 (2): 184–7. doi:10.1038/ng0697-184. PMID 9171831. S2CID 24438634.

Proteins of the cytoskeleton

Human

Microfilaments
and ABPs

Myofilament

Actins	A1 A2 B C1 G1 G2
Myosins	I MYO1A MYO1B MYO1C MYO1D MYO1E MYO1F MYO1G MYO1H) II MYH1 MYH2 MYH3 MYH4 MYH6 MYH7 MYH7B MYH8 MYH9 MYH10 MYH11 MYH13 MYH14 MYH15 MYH16 III MYO3A MYO3B V MYO5A MYO5B MYO5C VI MYO6 VII MYO7A MYO7B IX MYO9A MYO9B X MYO10 XV MYO15A XVIII MYO18A MYO18B LC MYL1 MYL2 MYL3 MYL4 MYL5 MYL6 MYL6B MYL7 MYL9 MYLIP MYLK MYLK2 MYLL1
Other	Tropomodulin 1 2 3 4 Troponin T 1 2 3 C 1 2 I 1 2 3 Tropomyosin 1 2 3 4 Actinin 1 2 3 4 Arp2/3 complex actin depolymerizing factors Cofilin 1 2 Destrin Gelsolin Profilin 1 2 Titin

Other

Intermediate
filaments

Type 1/2
(Keratin,
Cytokeratin)

Epithelial keratins (soft alpha-keratins)	type I/chromosome 17 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 chromosome 12 18 none 21 type II/chromosome 12 1 2A 3 4 5 6A 6B 6C 7 8
Hair keratins (hard alpha-keratins)	type I/chromosome 17 31 32 33A 33B 34 35 36 37 38 type II/chromosome 12 81 82 83 84 85 86
Ungrouped alpha	chromosome 17 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 40 chromosome 12 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Not alpha	Beta-keratin

Type 3

Type 4

Type 5

Microtubules
and MAPs

Tubulins	TUBA1A TUBA1B TUBA1C TUBA3C TUBA3D TUBA3E TUBA4A TUBA8 TUBB TUBB1 TUBB2A TUBB2B TUBB2C TUBB3 TUBB4 TUBB4Q TUBB6 TUBB8 TUBG1 TUBG2 TUBGCP2 TUBGCP3 TUBGCP4 TUBGCP5 TUBGCP6 TUBD1 TUBE1
MAPs	EB1 EB2 EB3 MAP1A MAP1B MAP2 MAP4
Kinesins	KIF1A KIF1B KIF2A KIF2C KIF3B KIF3C KIF4A KIF4B KIF5A KIF5B KIF5C KIF6 KIF7 KIF9 KIF11 KIF12 KIF13A KIF13B KIF14 KIF15 KIF16B KIF17 KIF18A KIF18B KIF19 KIF20A KIF20B KIF21A KIF21B KIF22 KIF23 KIF24 KIF25 KIF26A KIF26B KIF27 KIFC1 KIFC2 KIFC3
Dyneins	axonemal: DNAH1 DNAH2 DNAH3 DNAH5 DNAH6 DNAH7 DNAH8 DNAH9 DNAH10 DNAH11 DNAH12 DNAH13 DNAH14 DNAH17 DNAI1 DNAI2 DNALI1 DNAL1 DNAL4 cytoplasmic: DYNC1H1 DYNC2H1 DYNC1I1 DYNC1I2 DYNC1LI1 DYNC1LI2 DYNC2LI1 DYNLL1 DYNLL2 DYNLRB1 DYNLRB2 DYNLT1 DYNLT3
Microtubule organising proteins	CAMSAP1 CAMSAP2 CAMSAP3 Centrin 1 Centrin 2 Centrin 3 PCM1
Microtubule severing proteins	Katanin Spastin
Other	Tau protein Dynactin DCTN1 Stathmin Tektin TEKT1 TEKT2 TEKT3 TEKT4 TEKT5 Dynamin DNM1 DNM2 DNM3