HIST4H4

Histone cluster 4, H4

PDB rendering based on 1aoi.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols HIST4H4 ; H4/p
External IDs OMIM: 615069 MGI: 2448436 HomoloGene: 134468 ChEMBL: 5876 GeneCards: HIST4H4 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 121504 319158
Ensembl ENSG00000197837 ENSMUSG00000060639
UniProt P62805 P62806
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_175054 NM_175656
RefSeq (protein) NP_778224 NP_783587
Location (UCSC) Chr 12:
14.77 – 14.77 Mb
Chr 13:
22.04 – 22.04 Mb
PubMed search

Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST4H4 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 is intronless and encodes a member of the histone H4 family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Entrez Gene: HIST4H4 histone cluster 4, H4".

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