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Gene

KRT79

keratin 79

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 52,821,408–52,834,311 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 12.9 kb
Protein
535 amino acids
Also known as
K6L, KRT6L
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000330553.6NM_175834.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KRT79 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KRT79 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where KRT79 sits. KRT79 and 37 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 52,327,860 to 53,327,859.Chromosome 1212q13.13p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3352.4 Mb52.6 Mb52.8 Mb53 Mb53.2 MbKRT85: 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: 52,585,589–52,601,538, 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: 52,821,408–52,834,311, 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 strandSPRYD3IGFBP6: 53,097,436–53,102,345, forward strandIGFBP6SOAT2: 53,103,457–53,124,538, forward strandSOAT2CSAD: 53,157,663–53,180,933, reverse strandCSADZNF740: 53,180,555–53,195,142, forward strandZNF740ITGB7: 53,191,318–53,207,310, reverse strandITGB7RARG: 53,210,566–53,232,980, reverse strandRARG: 53,241,900–53,242,722, forward strandSLC61A1: 53,251,251–53,254,406, forward strandSLC61A1ESPL1: 53,268,248–53,293,643, forward strandESPL1PFDN5: 53,295,291–53,299,455, forward strandPFDN5MYG1: 53,299,695–53,307,181, forward strandMYG1AAAS: 53,307,456–53,324,864, reverse strandAAASSP7: 53,326,575–53,345,315, reverse strandSP7Diagram of KRT79: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 9: 52,821,408–52,822,077, 670 basesExon 8: 52,822,345–52,822,379, 35 basesExon 7: 52,823,016–52,823,236, 221 basesExon 6: 52,823,887–52,824,012, 126 basesExon 5: 52,824,198–52,824,362, 165 basesExon 4: 52,830,023–52,830,118, 96 basesExon 3: 52,830,232–52,830,292, 61 basesExon 2: 52,831,406–52,831,626, 221 basesExon 1: 52,833,784–52,834,311, 528 bases9864215′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 2.1 kb of the gene's 12.9 kb; 1,608 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.). KRT79 gene: keratin 79. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt79

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KRT79 gene: keratin 79 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/krt79

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