HIST1H4B

HIST1H4B
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases HIST1H4B, H4/I, H4FI, histone cluster 1, H4b
External IDs MGI: 2448443 HomoloGene: 134493 GeneCards: HIST1H4B
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

8366

320332

Ensembl

ENSG00000278705

ENSMUSG00000096010

UniProt

P62805

P62806

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003544

NM_175652

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 26.03 – 26.03 Mb Chr 6: 136.8 – 136.8 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H4B gene.[3][4][5]

Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Two molecules of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) form an octamer, around which approximately 147 bp of DNA is wrapped in repeating units, called nucleosomes. The linker histone, H1, interacts with linker DNA between nucleosomes and functions in the compaction of chromatin into higher order structures. This gene is intronless and encodes a member of the histone H4 family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails but instead contain a palindromic termination element. This gene is found in the large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Albig W, Kioschis P, Poustka A, Meergans K, Doenecke D (Apr 1997). "Human histone gene organization: nonregular arrangement within a large cluster". Genomics. 40 (2): 314–322. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4592. PMID 9119399.
  4. Marzluff WF, Gongidi P, Woods KR, Jin J, Maltais LJ (Oct 2002). "The human and mouse replication-dependent histone genes". Genomics. 80 (5): 487–498. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96850-3. PMID 12408966.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HIST1H4B histone cluster 1, H4b".

Further reading


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