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Gene

KRT72

keratin 72

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 52,585,589–52,601,463 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 15.9 kb
Protein
511 amino acids
Also known as
K6IRS2, KRT6IRS2, KRT6, K6irs
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000293745.7NM_080747.3
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 KRT72 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where KRT72 sits. KRT72 and 30 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 52,093,526 to 53,093,525.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3352.2 Mb52.4 Mb52.6 Mb52.8 Mb53 MbSMIM41: 52,079,704–52,108,255, forward strandSMIM41KRT80: 52,168,996–52,192,311, reverse strandKRT80KRT7: 52,232,520–52,252,186, forward strandKRT7KRT86: 52,249,300–52,309,163, forward strandKRT86KRT81: 52,285,913–52,291,534, reverse strandKRT81KRT83: 52,314,301–52,321,398, reverse strandKRT83KRT85: 52,360,006–52,367,481, reverse strandKRT85KRT84: 52,377,812–52,385,652, reverse strandKRT84KRT82: 52,393,931–52,406,335, reverse strandKRT82KRT75: 52,424,070–52,434,380, reverse strandKRT75KRT6B: 52,446,651–52,452,154, reverse strandKRT6BKRT6C: 52,468,516–52,473,805, reverse strandKRT6CKRT6A: 52,487,176–52,493,265, reverse strandKRT6AKRT5: 52,514,575–52,520,530, reverse strandKRT5KRT71: 52,543,909–52,553,145, reverse strandKRT71KRT74: 52,565,151–52,573,843, reverse strandKRT74KRT72: 52,585,589–52,601,463, reverse strandKRT72KRT73: 52,607,570–52,618,559, reverse strandKRT73KRT2: 52,644,558–52,652,211, reverse strandKRT2KRT1: 52,674,736–52,680,407, reverse strandKRT1KRT77: 52,689,626–52,703,524, reverse strandKRT77KRT76: 52,768,155–52,777,345, reverse strandKRT76KRT3: 52,789,685–52,796,117, reverse strandKRT3KRT4: 52,806,549–52,814,116, reverse strandKRT4KRT79: 52,821,408–52,834,312, reverse strandKRT79KRT78: 52,837,804–52,849,092, reverse strandKRT78KRT8: 52,897,182–52,949,954, reverse strandKRT8KRT18: 52,945,688–52,952,911, forward strandKRT18EIF4B: 53,006,263–53,042,230, forward strandEIF4BTNS2: 53,046,969–53,064,621, forward strandTNS2SPRYD3: 53,064,316–53,079,414, reverse strandSPRYD3Diagram of KRT72: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 9: 52,585,589–52,586,172, 584 basesExon 8: 52,586,946–52,586,980, 35 basesExon 7: 52,587,631–52,587,851, 221 basesExon 6: 52,590,836–52,590,961, 126 basesExon 5: 52,591,464–52,591,628, 165 basesExon 4: 52,592,396–52,592,491, 96 basesExon 3: 52,592,892–52,592,952, 61 basesExon 2: 52,598,898–52,599,112, 215 basesExon 1: 52,601,027–52,601,463, 437 bases9876543215′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 15.9 kb; 1,536 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KRT72 gene: keratin 72. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt72

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KRT72 gene: keratin 72 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt72

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