KRT31 KRT31 Keratin, type I cuticular Ha1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the "KRT31" gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type I hair keratin, it is an acidic protein which heterodimerizes with type II keratins to form hair and nails. The type I hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17q12-q21 and have the same direction of transcription. Model organisms have been used in the study of KRT31 function. A conditional knockout mouse line called "Krt31" was generated at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
HspQ protein domain could occurs through binding of YccV itself to fully or hemimethylated DNA. In addition, studies have identified the "yccV" gene as one of three insertion sites in mini-Tn10 which suppress dnaA46 thermosensitivity. This protein domain is thought to have a SH3-like barrel structure. Additionally, the structure of a hypothetical protein in this family has been solved and it forms a beta sheet structure with a terminating alpha helix. HspQ forms a stable homodimer in solution and can form homomultimers consisting of about four monomers. The theoretical molecular mass of the HspQ protein were calculated to be 11.8 kDa. It is