KRT8 is a member of the type II keratin family clustered on the long arm of chromosome 12. Type I and type II keratins heteropolymerize to form intermediate-sized filaments in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. The product of KRT8 typically dimerizes with keratin 18 to form an intermediate filament in simple single-layered epithelial cells. Keratin 8 plays a role in maintaining cellular structural integrity and also functions in signal transduction and cellular differentiation. Mutations in KRT8 cause cryptogenic cirrhosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for KRT8.蛋白別名為：KRT8; CYK8; Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8; Cytokeratin-8; CK-8; Keratin-8; K8; Type-II keratin Kb8;基因ID為：3856；蛋白質ID:P05787
應用類型
WB，IHC-p，ELISA補充：最優的抗體稀釋比例需要基于客戶實驗進行優化.建議的起始稀釋比例如下: WB: 1:500-1:2000, IHC-p: 1:100-300 ELISA: 1:20000. Not yet tested in other applications.
免疫原
合成多肽：the human Cytokeratin 8 around the acetylation site of K483.
