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Gene

KRT13

keratin 13

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 41,500,981–41,505,612 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 4.6 kb
Protein
458 amino acids
Also known as
K13, CK13, MGC3781, MGC161462
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000246635.8NM_153490.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How KRT13 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where KRT13 sits. KRT13 and 60 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 41,003,297 to 42,003,296.Chromosome 1717q21.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.341.2 Mb41.4 Mb41.6 Mb41.8 Mb42 MbKRTAP3-1: 41,008,521–41,019,324, reverse strandKRTAP3-1KRTAP1-5: 41,026,026–41,027,208, reverse strandKRTAP1-5KRTAP1-4: 41,029,351–41,030,195, reverse strandKRTAP1-3: 41,033,884–41,034,874, reverse strandKRTAP1-1: 41,040,541–41,041,450, reverse strandKRTAP2-1: 41,046,541–41,047,316, reverse strandKRTAP2-2: 41,054,498–41,055,230, reverse strandKRTAP2-3: 41,059,240–41,060,114, reverse strandKRTAP2-4: 41,065,116–41,065,879, reverse strandKRTAP2-4KRTAP4-7: 41,084,150–41,085,144, forward strandKRTAP4-8: 41,096,981–41,098,142, reverse strandKRTAP4-8KRTAP4-16: 41,101,502–41,102,209, reverse strandKRTAP4-9: 41,105,389–41,106,488, forward strandKRTAP4-9KRTAP4-11: 41,117,181–41,118,373, reverse strandKRTAP4-12: 41,123,091–41,124,182, reverse strandKRTAP4-6: 41,139,433–41,140,544, reverse strandKRTAP4-5: 41,148,924–41,149,825, reverse strandKRTAP4-5KRTAP4-4: 41,159,649–41,160,748, reverse strandKRTAP4-3: 41,167,231–41,168,221, reverse strandKRTAP4-2: 41,177,446–41,178,221, reverse strandKRTAP4-2KRTAP4-1: 41,184,100–41,184,911, reverse strandKRTAP9-1: 41,189,887–41,190,639, forward strandKRTAP9-1KRTAP9-2: 41,226,648–41,227,652, forward strandKRTAP9-3: 41,232,449–41,233,454, forward strandKRTAP9-3KRTAP9-8: 41,237,999–41,239,004, forward strandKRTAP9-4: 41,249,687–41,250,653, forward strandKRTAP9-9: 41,255,384–41,256,364, forward strandKRTAP9-9KRTAP9-6: 41,265,378–41,265,860, forward strandKRTAP9-7: 41,275,698–41,276,207, forward strandKRTAP9-7KRTAP29-1: 41,301,826–41,302,851, reverse strandKRTAP16-1: 41,307,700–41,309,309, reverse strandKRTAP16-1KRTAP17-1: 41,314,912–41,315,710, reverse strandKRTAP17-1KRT33A: 41,345,665–41,350,828, reverse strandKRT33AKRT33B: 41,363,498–41,369,813, reverse strandKRT33BKRT34: 41,377,669–41,382,306, reverse strandKRT34KRT31: 41,393,721–41,397,611, reverse strandKRT31KRT37: 41,420,547–41,424,585, reverse strandKRT37KRT38: 41,436,154–41,440,983, reverse strandKRT38KRT32: 41,459,513–41,467,386, reverse strandKRT32KRT35: 41,476,710–41,481,151, reverse strandKRT36: 41,486,136–41,492,546, reverse strandKRT36KRT13: 41,500,981–41,505,612, reverse strandKRT13KRT15: 41,513,745–41,522,529, reverse strandKRT15KRT19: 41,523,613–41,528,370, reverse strandKRT19KRT9: 41,565,836–41,572,059, reverse strandKRT9KRT14: 41,582,279–41,586,896, reverse strandKRT14KRT16: 41,609,778–41,615,899, reverse strandKRT16KRT17: 41,619,437–41,624,842, reverse strandKRT17EIF1: 41,688,883–41,693,623, forward strandEIF1GAST: 41,710,999–41,715,973, forward strandGASTHAP1: 41,717,742–41,734,646, reverse strandHAP1JUP: 41,750,887–41,797,798, reverse strandJUPP3H4: 41,801,944–41,812,750, reverse strandP3H4FKBP10: 41,812,079–41,823,221, forward strandFKBP10NT5C3B: 41,823,972–41,836,271, reverse strandNT5C3BKLHL10: 41,835,685–41,848,384, forward strandKLHL10KLHL11: 41,848,513–41,865,430, reverse strandACLY: 41,866,916–41,930,551, reverse strandACLYODAD4: 41,930,599–41,966,503, forward strandODAD4CNP: 41,966,729–41,977,740, forward strandCNPDNAJC7: 41,974,005–42,021,376, reverse strandDNAJC7Diagram of KRT13: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 8: 41,500,981–41,501,362, 382 basesExon 7: 41,501,719–41,501,744, 26 basesExon 6: 41,502,374–41,502,594, 221 basesExon 5: 41,502,687–41,502,812, 126 basesExon 4: 41,502,937–41,503,098, 162 basesExon 3: 41,503,287–41,503,443, 157 basesExon 2: 41,503,643–41,503,725, 83 basesExon 1: 41,505,056–41,505,612, 557 bases876543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 1.7 kb of the gene's 4.6 kb; 1,377 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KRT13 gene: keratin 13. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt13

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KRT13 gene: keratin 13 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt13

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