HIST1H4H

H4C8
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesH4C8, H4/h, H4FH, histone cluster 1, H4h, histone cluster 1 H4 family member h, H4 clustered histone 8, HIST1H4H, H4C5, H4C4, H4C9, H4C12, H4-16, H4C3, H4C13, H4C11, H4C1, H4C14, H4C15, H4C2, H4C6
External IDsOMIM: 602828; MGI: 2448439; HomoloGene: 134461; GeneCards: H4C8; OMA:H4C8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

8365

319160

Ensembl

ENSG00000158406

ENSMUSG00000064288

UniProt

P62805

P62806

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003543

NM_178211

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 26.28 – 26.29 MbChr 13: 21.93 – 21.93 Mb
PubMed search
Wikidata
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Histone H4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H4H gene.

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.