HIST1H4A

Histone cluster 1, H4a

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols HIST1H4A ; H4FA
External IDs OMIM: 602822 MGI: 2448432 HomoloGene: 134481 GeneCards: HIST1H4A Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8359 319156
Ensembl ENSG00000278637 ENSMUSG00000061482
UniProt P62805 P62806
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003538 NM_175654
RefSeq (protein) NP_003529 NP_783585
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
26.02 – 26.02 Mb
Chr 13:
23.58 – 23.58 Mb
PubMed search

Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H4A 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 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.[3]

References

  1. 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): 314–22. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4592. PMID 9119399.
  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: HIST1H4A histone cluster 1, H4a".

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