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Keratin type II cuticular Hb5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT85 gene.The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. As a type II hair keratin it is a basic protein which heterodimerizes with type I keratins to form hair and nails. The type II hair keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13 and are grouped into two distinct subfamilies based on structure similarity.