The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Keratin 8 across different species:

keratin 8 (KRT8), keratin 8 (Krt8), keratin 8 (krt8), keratin 4 (krt4)

Other aliases include:

K8, KO, CK8, CYK8, K2C8, CARD2, Card2, EndoA, Krt2-8, Krt-2.8, AA960620, AL022697, AU019895, MGC118110, CYKER, KRT2-8, krt8, MGC53564, KRT8, ck8, cyk8, k2c8, card2, krt2-5, MGC69490, cb59, zf-K8, MGC76893, wu:fa91a11, wu:fd19e09, wu:fl23c09, etID20321.6, zfk8, DreK8, cb186, krt2-8, MGC85764, sb:cb186, MGC174782, wu:fa20h05, wu:fa95h10, wu:fb96c06, DKFZp468F2127

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Keratin 8:

keratin 8 – cytokeratin 8 – keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8 – CK-8 – keratin-8 – cytokeratin-8 – cytokeratin endo A – type-II keratin Kb8 – keratin complex 2, basic, gene 8 – K8 – KERA – cytokeratin-A – Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8 – keratin complex 2, basic, gene 5 – keratin 4 – cytokeratin – etID43142.8 – etID33550.23 – etID43142.23 – keratin, type 2, gene 8

Keratin 8 fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – structural molecule activity

Keratin 8 is relevant to the following processes:

apoptosis – cytoskeleton organization – interspecies interaction between organisms – response to other organism – tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway – cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development – cell morphogenesis involved in differentiation – multicellular organismal development – response to hydrostatic pressure

Locations for Keratin 8:

Z disc – cytoplasm – keratin filament – sarcolemma – costamere – intermediate filament

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology