HIST1H4F

Histone cluster 1, H4f

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols HIST1H4F ; H4; H4/c; H4FC
External IDs OMIM: 602824 MGI: 2448419 HomoloGene: 136776 GeneCards: HIST1H4F Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8361 319155
Ensembl ENSG00000274618 ENSMUSG00000060678
UniProt P62805 P62806
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003540 NM_178208
RefSeq (protein) NP_003531 NP_835515
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
26.24 – 26.24 Mb
Chr 13:
23.7 – 23.7 Mb
PubMed search

Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H4F gene.[1][2][3][4]

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.[4]

References

  1. Albig W, Kardalinou E, Drabent B, Zimmer A, Doenecke D (Nov 1991). "Isolation and characterization of two human H1 histone genes within clusters of core histone genes". Genomics 10 (4): 940–8. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90183-F. PMID 1916825.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: HIST1H4F histone cluster 1, H4f".

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