HIST4H4

H4-16
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesH4-16, H4/p, histone cluster 4, H4, histone cluster 4 H4, HIST4H4, H4 histone 16, H4C5, H4C4, H4C9, H4C12, H4C3, H4C13, H4C11, H4C1, H4C14, H4C15, H4C8, H4C6, H4C2, H4C16
External IDsOMIM: 615069; MGI: 2448432; HomoloGene: 134468; GeneCards: H4-16; OMA:H4-16 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

121504

319158

Ensembl

ENSG00000197837

ENSMUSG00000060639

UniProt

P62805

P62806

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_175054

NM_175656

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 14.77 – 14.77 MbChr 13: 22.22 – 22.23 Mb
PubMed search
Wikidata
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Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST4H4 gene.

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.