Description
Product Characteristics:
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 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, Jul 2008].
Subcellular location: Nucleus
Synonyms: H2B.1, H2B.1 B, H2B.b, H2B.c, H2B.d, H2B.e, H2B.f, H2B.j, H2B.q, H2BFB, H2BFC, H2BFD, H2BFE, H2BFF, H2BFJ, H2BFO, H2BFQ, H2BFS, HIRIP2, HIST1H2BB, HIST1H2BD, HIST1H2BH, HIST1H2BL, HIST1H2BM, HIST1H2BN, HIST2H2BE, Histone H2B, Histone H2B type 1 B, Histone H2B type 1 D, Histone H2B type 1 H, Histone H2B type 1 L, Histone H2B type 1 M, Histone H2B type 1 N, Histone H2B type 2 E, Histone protein, H2B GL105, H2B histone family member O, H2B histone family member S.
Target Information: 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 H2B 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]