H2AFB3

H2A histone family, member B3
Identifiers
Symbols H2AFB3 ; H2ABBD; H2AFB
External IDs OMIM: 300445 HomoloGene: 129517 GeneCards: H2AFB3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 83740 624153
Ensembl ENSG00000277745 ENSMUSG00000082482
UniProt P0C5Z0 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_080720 NM_001281530
RefSeq (protein) NP_542451 NP_001268459
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
155.46 – 155.46 Mb
Chr X:
116.68 – 116.68 Mb
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H2A histone family, member B3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AFB3 gene.[1]

Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures. This gene encodes a member of the histone H2A family. This gene is part of a region that is repeated three times on chromosome X, once in intron 22 of the F8 gene and twice closer to the Xq telomere. This record represents the most telomeric copy. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].[1]

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