Target Information
Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. This structure consists of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a nucleosome, an 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 replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H3 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.
Synonyms
H3; H3 histone family, member A; H3 histone family, member I; H3 histone family, member K; H3 histone family, member L; H3 histone family, member M; H3 histone, family 2; H3 histone, family 3A; H3 histone, family 3B; H3 histone, family 3B (H3.3B); H3 histone, family 3C; H3.1-221; H3.1-291; H3.1-I; H3.2; H3.2-221; H3.2-614; H3.2-615; H3.2-616; H3.3A; H3.3B; H3.5; H3/A; H3/i; H3/k; H3/l; H3/M; H3/n; H3/o; H3-143; H3-291; H3-3A; H3-3b; H3-53; H3-614; H3a; H3b; H3-B; H3c1; H3c10; H3c11; H3C12; H3C2; H3C3; H3C4; H3C6; H3C7; H3C8; H3f; H3-F; H3F1K; H3F2; H3F3; H3F3A; H3f3b; H3F3C; H3FA; H3FB; H3FC HIST1H3C; H3FD; H3FF; H3FH; H3FI; H3FJ; H3FK; H3FL; H3FM; H3FN; H3g; H3h; H3i; Hist1; HIST1H3A; HIST1H3B; Hist1h3c; Hist1h3d; Hist1h3e; Hist1h3f; HIST1H3G; HIST1H3H; HIST1H3I; HIST1H3J; HIST2H3A; Hist2h3b; HIST2H3C; Hist2h3c1; Hist2h3c2; Hist2h3c2-ps; Hist2h3ca1; Hist2h3ca2; HIST2H3D; histone 1, H3a; histone 1, H3b; histone 1, H3f; histone 1, H3h; histone 2, H3a; histone 2, H3c; histone 2, H3c2; histone 2, H3ca2; histone cluster 1, H3a; histone cluster 1, H3b; histone cluster 1, H3f; histone cluster 1, H3h; histone cluster 2, H3a; histone cluster 2, H3c; histone cluster 2, H3c2; histone cluster 2, H3c2, pseudogene; histone gene complex 1; histone H3; histone H3.1; Histone H3.2; histone H3.3; Histone H3.3C; histone H3.5; Histone H3/a; Histone H3/b; Histone H3/c; Histone H3/d; Histone H3/f; Histone H3/h; Histone H3/i; Histone H3/j; Histone H3/k; histone H3/l; Histone H3/m; histone H3/o; histone variant H3.5; M32461; PP781