| Tissue Specificity | Observed in muscle fibers accumulating in the costameres of myoplasm at the sarcolemma membrane in structures that contain dystrophin and spectrin. Expressed in gingival mucosa and hard palate of the oral cavity. |
| Post Translational Modifications | Phosphorylation on serine residues is enhanced during EGF stimulation and mitosis. Ser-74 phosphorylation plays an important role in keratin filament reorganization. O-glycosylated. O-GlcNAcylation at multiple sites increases solubility, and decreases stability by inducing proteasomal degradation. O-glycosylated (O-GlcNAcylated), in a cell cycle-dependent manner. |
| Function | Together with KRT19, helps to link the contractile apparatus to dystrophin at the costameres of striated muscle. |
| Protein Name | Keratin - Type Ii Cytoskeletal 8Cytokeratin-8Ck-8Keratin-8K8Type-Ii Keratin Kb8 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-6805567Reactome: R-HSA-6809371 |
| Cellular Localisation | CytoplasmNucleusNucleoplasmNucleus Matrix |
| Alternative Protein Names | Keratin - Type Ii Cytoskeletal 8 proteinCytokeratin-8 proteinCk-8 proteinKeratin-8 proteinK8 proteinType-Ii Keratin Kb8 proteinKRT8 proteinCYK8 protein |
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