HIST1H2AJ

Histone H2A type 1-J is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AJ gene.[4][5][6]

H2AC14
Identifiers
Aliases	H2AC14, H2A/E, H2AFE, dJ160A22.4, histone cluster 1, H2aj, histone cluster 1 H2A family member j, H2A clustered histone 14, HIST1H2AJ
External IDs	OMIM: 602791 MGI: 2448309 HomoloGene: 88882 GeneCards: H2AC14
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human)[1] Band 6p22.1 Start 27,814,354 bp[1] End 27,814,740 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • DNA binding • protein heterodimerization activity • molecular function Cellular component • nuclear chromatin • nucleosome • extracellular exosome • cell nucleus • chromosome Biological process • chromatin silencing • chromatin organization • biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	8331	319173
Ensembl	ENSG00000276368	n/a
UniProt	Q99878	Q8CGP5
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_021066	NM_175661
RefSeq (protein)	NP_066544	NP_783592
Location (UCSC)	Chr 6: 27.81 – 27.81 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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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 H2A 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.[6]

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000276368 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. Albig W, Doenecke D (Feb 1998). "The human histone gene cluster at the D6S105 locus". Hum Genet. 101 (3): 284–94. doi:10.1007/s004390050630. PMID 9439656.
5. 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.
6. "Entrez Gene: HIST1H2AJ histone cluster 1, H2aj".

Further reading

• Díaz-Jullien C, Pérez-Estévez A, Covelo G, Freire M (1996). "Prothymosin alpha binds histones in vitro and shows activity in nucleosome assembly assay". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1296 (2): 219–27. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(96)00072-6. PMID 8814229.
• El Kharroubi A, Piras G, Zensen R, Martin MA (1998). "Transcriptional activation of the integrated chromatin-associated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 promoter". Mol. Cell. Biol. 18 (5): 2535–44. doi:10.1128/mcb.18.5.2535. PMC 110633. PMID 9566873.
• Albig W, Trappe R, Kardalinou E, et al. (1999). "The human H2A and H2B histone gene complement". Biol. Chem. 380 (1): 7–18. doi:10.1515/BC.1999.002. PMID 10064132.
• Deng L, de la Fuente C, Fu P, et al. (2001). "Acetylation of HIV-1 Tat by CBP/P300 increases transcription of integrated HIV-1 genome and enhances binding to core histones". Virology. 277 (2): 278–95. doi:10.1006/viro.2000.0593. PMID 11080476.
• Deng L, Wang D, de la Fuente C, et al. (2001). "Enhancement of the p300 HAT activity by HIV-1 Tat on chromatin DNA". Virology. 289 (2): 312–26. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.1129. PMID 11689053.
• Andersen JS, Lyon CE, Fox AH, et al. (2002). "Directed proteomic analysis of the human nucleolus". Curr. Biol. 12 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00650-9. PMID 11790298.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Lusic M, Marcello A, Cereseto A, Giacca M (2004). "Regulation of HIV-1 gene expression by histone acetylation and factor recruitment at the LTR promoter". EMBO J. 22 (24): 6550–61. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg631. PMC 291826. PMID 14657027.