The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Keratin 5 across different species:

keratin 5 (KRT5), keratin 5 (Krt5), keratin 79 (KRT79), keratin 5 (krt5)

Other aliases include:

K5, CK5, DDD, EBS2, KRT5A, Tfip8, Krt2-5, AW146334, 3300001P10Rik, Sak57, KRT79, KRT5, ckii, zfCKII, MGC77647, wu:fb02h09, wu:fj02d02, wu:fk78b12, KRT75

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Keratin 5:

keratin 5 – 58 kda cytokeratin – keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5 – epidermolysis bullosa simplex 2 Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types – keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types) – cytokeratin 5 – 58 kDa cytokeratin – tuftelin interacting protein 8 – keratin complex 2, basic, gene 5 – K5 – CK-5 – keratin-5 – cytokeratin-5 – type-II keratin Kb5 – keratin, type II cytoskeletal 60 kDa, component III – keratin 5 (epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara/Kobner/Weber-Cockayne types) – keratin 79 – type II cytokeratin – keratin 75 – type II alpha keratin IIA

Keratin 5 fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – structural constituent of cytoskeleton – structural molecule activity – molecular_function

Keratin 5 is relevant to the following processes:

epidermis development – intermediate filament – keratin filament – mitochondrion – epithelial cell differentiation – negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation – biological_process – hemidesmosome assembly

Locations for Keratin 5:

keratin filament – mitochondrion – cytosol – intermediate filament

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology