KRT32

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Description

The KRT32 (keratin 32) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 17.

Keratin, type I cuticular Ha2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT32 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II hair keratin to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21 and have the same direction of transcription.

KRT32 is also known as HA2, HKA2, KRTHA2, hHa2.

Associated Diseases

• ovarian cancer
• thyroid gland adenocarcinoma
• esophageal cancer
• hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndrome
• hemoglobin D disease
• cholesterol-ester transfer protein deficiency
• hypertriglyceridemia 2
• dominant beta-thalassemia
• hemoglobin E disease
• delta-beta-thalassemia
• hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndrome
• alpha-thalassemia-myelodysplastic syndrome
• homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
• sitosterolemia
• hemoglobin H disease
• thyroid hormone metabolism, abnormal, 2