H2BC17

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 replication-dependent histone that is 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 small histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Description

H2B clustered histone 17

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (bone marrow, brain, lymphoid tissue)

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins

Chromosome

6 (27893425 - 27893891)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000274641  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

P23527

neXtProt

NX_P23527

Human splice variants

Protein structure