Keratin 15

Keratin 15, type I
Identifiers
Symbols	KRT15 ; CK15; K15; K1CO
External IDs	OMIM: 148030 MGI: 96689 HomoloGene: 1712 GeneCards: KRT15 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • structural constituent of cytoskeleton • protein binding • scaffold protein binding Cellular component • nucleus • intermediate filament • extracellular exosome Biological process • epidermis development • activation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3866	16665
Ensembl	ENSG00000171346	ENSMUSG00000054146
UniProt	P19012	Q61414
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_002275	NM_008469
RefSeq (protein)	NP_002266	NP_032495
Location (UCSC)	Chr 17: 41.51 – 41.52 Mb	Chr 11: 100.13 – 100.14 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Keratin 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT15 gene.

Keratin 15 is a type I cytokeratin. It is found in some progenitor basal cells within complex epithelia.