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keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19; cytokeratin-19; CK-19; keratin-19; K19 (KRT19)
Function:
- role in the organization of myofibers
- together with KRT8, helps to link the contractile apparatus to dystrophin at the costameres of striated muscle
- interacts with PNN & the actin-binding domain of DMD
- interacts with HCV core protein
Structure:
- type 1 cytokeratin
- heterotetramer of 2 type 1 & 2 type 2 cytokeratins
- differs from all other intermediate filament proteins in lacking the C-terminal tail domain
- belongs to the intermediate filament family
- lowest molecular weight of keratin group
Expression:
- found in simple epithelia, most glandular & basal layer of squamous epithelium of mucosa & epidermis
- expressed in a defined zone of basal keratinocytes in the deep outer root sheath of hair follicles
- also observed in sweat gland & mammary gland ductal & secretory cells, bile ducts, gastrointestinal tract, bladder urothelium, oral epithelia, esophagus, ecto- cervical epithelium (at protein level)
- expressed in epidermal basal cells, in nipple epidermis & a defined region of the hair follicle
- also seen in a subset of vascular wall cells in both the veins & artery of human umbilical cord, & in umbilical cord vascular smooth muscle
- observed in muscle fibers accumulating in the costameres of myoplasm at the sarcolemma in structures that contain dystrophin & spectrin
- present in hair follicles at all stages of development
Related
cytokeratin-19 Ag in tissue
General
cytokeratin, epithelial keratins or soft alpha-keratins
phosphoprotein
Properties
CONFIGURATION: oligomer
SIZE: entity length = 400 aa
MW = 44 kD
COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm
MOTIF: Head {1-79}
MOTIF: Ser phosphorylation site {S9}
Ser phosphorylation site {S13}
Ser phosphorylation site {S35}
Ser phosphorylation site {S40}
Ser phosphorylation site {S46}
Ser phosphorylation site {S56}
Ser phosphorylation site {S58}
Rod {80-387}
MOTIF: Coil 1A {80-115}
Linker 1 {116-133}
Tyr phosphorylation site {Y130}
Coil 1B {134-225}
Linker 12 {226-248}
PNN interaction {244-390}
MOTIF: Coil 2 {249-387}
alanine residue {267}
threonine residue {327}
Rod-like helical tail {388-400}
Database Correlations
OMIM 148020
UniProt P08727
Pfam PF00038
Entrez Gene 3880
Kegg hsa:3880
References
- UniProt :accession P08727
- Entrez Gene :accession 3880