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HIST1H2AA

Histone H2A type 1-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AA gene.[1][2]

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 H2A family. Transcripts from this gene contain a palindromic termination element.[2]

References

  1. Marzluff WF, Gongidi P, Woods KR, Jin J, Maltais LJ (Oct 2002). “The human and mouse replication-dependent histone genes”. Genomics. 80 (5): 487–98. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(02)96850-3. PMID 12408966.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: HIST1H2AA histone cluster 1, H2aa”.

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