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 H4 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.
Synonyms
acetyl Histone H4; Acetyl-H4 K5 K8 K12 K16; Acetyl-H4 Lys5 Lys8 Lys12 Lys16; Acetyl-Histone H4 K5 K8 K12 K16; Acetyl-Histone H4 Lys5 Lys8 Lys12 Lys16; FO108; H4; H4 ac pan-acetyl; H4 histone family, member A; H4 histone family, member I; H4 histone family, member J; H4 histone family, member M; H4 histone family, member N; H4 histone, family 2; H4/A; H4/B; H4/C; H4/D; H4/E; H4/G; H4/H; H4/I; H4/J; H4/K; H4/M; H4/n; H4/O; H4/p; H4-12; H4-16; H4-53; H4ac; H4c1; H4c11; H4C12; H4C13; H4c14; H4C15; H4c2; H4c3; H4c4; H4C5; H4c6; H4C8; H4c9; H4f16; H4F2; H4FA; H4FB; H4FC; H4FD; H4FE; H4FG; H4FH; H4FI; H4FJ; H4FK; H4FM; H4FN; H4FO; H4K12; H4K12a; H4K12ac; H4K16; H4K16ac; H4K5; H4K5,8,12,16ac; H4K5ac; H4K8; H4K8ac; H4Lys5,8,12,16ac; H4M; HIST1H4; HIST1H4A; Hist1h4b; HIST1H4C; Hist1h4d; HIST1H4E; Hist1h4f; Hist1h4h; Hist1h4i; HIST1H4J; Hist1h4k; HIST1H4L; Hist1h4m; Hist2h4; HIST2H4A; HIST2H4B; Hist4h4; histone 1, H4a; histone 1, H4b; histone 1, H4e; histone 1, H4i; histone 2, H4; histone 2, H4a; Histone 4; Histone 4 family, member M; histone 4, H4; histone cluster 1, H4a; histone cluster 1, H4b; histone cluster 1, H4e; histone cluster 1, H4i; histone cluster 2, H4; histone cluster 2, H4a; Histone Cluster 4; histone cluster 4, H4; histone family member; histone H4; Histone H4 acetyl; Histone H4A; Histone H4K12; Histone H4K16; Histone H4K5; Histone H4K8; histone IV, family 2; X04652