KRTAP4-7 (Vector pUC, Accession No. BC126421)

Length: 633 Sequence: atggtcagct cctgttgtgg ctccgtgtgc tctgaccagg gctgcggcca agtcctctgt caggagacct gctgccgccc cagctgctgt cagaccacct gttgcaggac cacctgctac cgccccagct gttgtgtgtc cagctgctgc aggccccagt gctgccagtc tgtgtgctgc caacccacct gctgtcgccc cagctgctgt gagacgacct gctgccaccc taggtgctgc atctccagct gctgccgccc cagctgctgt atgtccagct gctgcaagcc ccagtgctgc cagtctgtgt gctgccagcc cacctgctgc caccccagct gctgcatctc cagctgctgt cgccccagct gctgtgtgtc caggtgctgc aggccccagt gctgccagtc tgtgtgctgc cagccaacct gctgccgtcc cagctgctgc atctccagct gctgccgccc ctcttgctgt gaatccagct gctgccgccc atgctgctgc cgcccctgct gctgcctgcg tccagtctgt ggccgagtct cctgccacac cacttgctat cgcccaacct gtgtcatctc cacctgtccc cgccccttgt gctgtgcctc ctcttgctgc Protein function: In the hair cortex, hair keratin intermediate filaments are embedded in an interfilamentous matrix, consisting of hair keratin- associated proteins (KRTAP), which are essential for the formation of a rigid and resistant hair shaft through their extensive disulfide bond cross-linking with abundant cysteine residues of hair keratins. The matrix proteins include the high-sulfur and high-glycine-tyrosine keratins. [The UniProt Consortium]