HIST1H2AK

Histone cluster 1, H2ak

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols HIST1H2AK ; H2A/d; H2AFD
External IDs OMIM: 602788 HomoloGene: 134305 GeneCards: HIST1H2AK Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8330 319164
Ensembl ENSG00000275221 ENSMUSG00000069270
UniProt P0C0S8 P22752
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003510 NM_178189
RefSeq (protein) NP_003501 NP_835496
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
27.84 – 27.84 Mb
Chr 13:
23.68 – 23.68 Mb
PubMed search

Histone H2A type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AK gene.[1][2][3]

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 146 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 H2A family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails but instead contain a palindromic termination element. This gene is found in the small histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3.[3]

References

  1. Albig W, Doenecke D (Feb 1998). "The human histone gene cluster at the D6S105 locus". Hum Genet 101 (3): 284–94. doi:10.1007/s004390050630. PMID 9439656.
  2. Marzluff WF, Gongidi P, Woods KR, Jin J, Maltais LJ (Oct 2002). "The human and mouse replication-dependent histone genes". Genomics 80 (5): 487–98. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96850-3. PMID 12408966.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HIST1H2AK histone cluster 1, H2ak".

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