Aliases

• DJ221C16.8
• H2B Clustered Histone 8
• H2B Histone Family, Member A
• H2B.1A
• H2B/A
• H2B/G
• H2B/H
• H2B/K
• H2B/L
• H2BC10
• H2BC4
• H2BC6
• H2BC7
• H2BC8
• H2BFA
• H2BFG
• H2BFH
• H2BFK
• H2BFL
• HIST1H2BC
• HIST1H2BE
• HIST1H2BF
• HIST1H2BG
• HIST1H2BI
• Histone 1, H2bg
• Histone Cluster 1 H2B Family Member G
• Histone Cluster 1, H2bg
• Histone H2B Type 1-C/E/F/G/I
• Histone H2B.1 A
• Histone H2B.A
• Histone H2B.G
• Histone H2B.H
• Histone H2B.K
• Histone H2B.L

Description

This gene was formerly known as HIST1H2BG. From NCBI 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. The protein has antibacterial and antifungal antimicrobial activity. This gene is intronless and encodes a replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H2B family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element. This gene is found in the large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Attributes

QA State

Curated

Type

Gene

HGNC Name

H2BC8