Cytokeratin 19 Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (IRS011)

UNIPROT #

P08727

PROTEIN NAME

Cytokeratin 19

SYNONYMS

40 kDa keratin intermediate filament antibody;CK 19 antibody;CK-19 antibody;CK19 antibody;Cytokeratin 19 antibody;Cytokeratin-19 antibody;K19 antibody;K1C19_HUMAN antibody;K1CS antibody;Keratin 19 antibody;Keratin type I 40 kD antibody;Keratin type I 40kD antibody;Keratin type I cytoskeletal 19 antibody;Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 antibody;Keratin, type I, 40 kd antibody;Keratin-19 antibody;KRT19 antibody;MGC15366 antibody

SEQUENCE SIMILARITIES

Belongs to the intermediate filament family.

TISSUE SPECIFICITY

Expressed in a defined zone of basal keratinocytes in the deep outer root sheath of hair follicles. Also observed in sweat gland and mammary gland ductal and secretory cells, bile ducts, gastrointestinal tract, bladder urothelium, oral epithelia, esophagus, ectocervical epithelium (at protein level). Expressed in epidermal basal cells, in nipple epidermis and a defined region of the hair follicle. Also seen in a subset of vascular wall cells in both the veins and artery of human umbilical cord, and in umbilical cord vascular smooth muscle. Observed in muscle fibers accumulating in the costameres of myoplasm at the sarcolemma in structures that contain dystrophin and spectrin.

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE

Present in hair follicles at all stages of development.

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Cytoplasm

FUNCTION

Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 also known as cytokeratin-19 (CK-19) or keratin-19 (K19) is a 40 kDa protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT19 gene. Keratin 19 is a type I keratin. Keratin 19 is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into cytokeratins and hair keratins. The type I cytokeratins consist of acidic proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains. Unlike its related family members, this smallest known acidic cytokeratin is not paired with a basic cytokeratin in epithelial cells. It is specifically found in the periderm, the transiently superficial layer that envelops the developing epidermis.