{"symbol":"KRT23","synonyms":["CK23","K23","HAIK1"],"name":"keratin 23, type I","description":"The protein encoded by this gene 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. The type I cytokeratin genes are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":25984,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25984","proteins":[{"symbol":"K1C23_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/K1C23_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Intermediate filaments","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Intermediate+filaments"}]}