Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H4L gene.[5][6][7][8]

H4C13
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesH4C13, H4.k, H4/k, H4FK, histone cluster 1, H4l, histone cluster 1 H4 family member l, HIST1H4L, H4 clustered histone 13, H4C5, H4C4, H4C9, H4C12, H4-16, H4C3, H4C11, H4C1, H4C14, H4C15, H4C8, H4C6, H4C2
External IDsOMIM: 602831 MGI: 4843992 HomoloGene: 136248 GeneCards: H4C13
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003546

NM_175657

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 27.87 – 27.87 MbChr 13: 22.02 – 22.02 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function edit

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 small histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000275126Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000069305Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Albig W, Meergans T, Doenecke D (Mar 1997). "Characterization of the H1.5 gene completes the set of human H1 subtype genes". Gene. 184 (2): 141–8. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00582-3. PMID 9031620.
  6. ^ 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. S2CID 38539096.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: HIST1H4L histone cluster 1, H4l".

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