BLAST Protein By Solace Asong

Rat keratin (K5) mRNA, 3' end

The protein I decided to look up was Keratin but in the process of doing that, I came about the Rat Keratin. I was surprised to have learnt that, keratin was also present in rats. I already knew the presents of keratin in fishes. Keratin is of a family of fibrous structural proteins. It is the key structure of making up hairs, claws and the outer layer of human skin. Keratin also protects the epithelial cells from damage or stress. Some Keratin have been found to regulate key cellular activities, such as cell growth and protein synthesis.

The amino acid sequence is

" -SVGGSGFSASSGQGGGFSSGGGSSSSVKFVSTTSSSRRSFKS"

The nucleotide sequence that codes for this protein is

      1 ctcagtgtgg ggggctccgg cttcagtgca agcagtggtc aaggtggggg tttcagcagt

       61 ggtggtggca gcagctccag tgtcaaattt gtctccacca cctcctcctc ccggaggagc

      121 ttcaagagct aagaagaacc tgctccaaga ccctggcctt cacgggcagc cccaggccca

      181 cagagactgc atcttctagg cagtccccca gaccaagtct tctctttttt ctggagagta

      241 gtctagacca tgcctgctgc aaaaccacat gctttggttc ctggaaggga ataaatccca

      301 acttctggcc tccccatgcc tcagttcttc atcttgttcc aagtcagtac ctacgtgtgt

      361 tctttgataa cccagacatc caaattgttg tagaacgtaa accaccaaag cagaccccac

      421 ccccaccctg gcacccacct taactctgtc ctggttctga cgtcctccag actgtgtcca

      481 ataaagcttt t

Citation

Encyclopedia Britannica. (2018). Keratin | biology. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/science/keratin [Accessed 19 Jan. 2018].

: En.wikipedia.org. (2018). Keratin. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin