HIST1H2AJ

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; OMA:H2AC14 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) Band 6p22.1 Start 27,814,302 bp End 27,814,777 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 13 (mouse) Band 13|13 A3.1 Start 23,718,076 bp End 23,718,474 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in bone marrow cells testicle gonad epithelium of colon Achilles tendon tonsil mucosa of transverse colon ganglionic eminence blood sural nerve Top expressed in uterus bone marrow thymus yolk sac spleen embryo genital tubercle embryo lens granulocyte More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function DNA binding protein heterodimerization activity molecular function Cellular component nucleosome extracellular exosome nucleus chromosome Biological process chromatin organization biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 8331 319173 Ensembl ENSG00000276368 ENSMUSG00000061991 UniProt Q99878 Q8CGP5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_021066 NM_175661 RefSeq (protein) NP_066544 NP_783592 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 27.81 – 27.81 Mb Chr 13: 23.72 – 23.72 Mb PubMed search
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Histone H2A type 1-J is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AJ gene.

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.

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. S2CID 12807248.
• 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. Bibcode:2002CBio...12....1A. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00650-9. PMID 11790298. S2CID 14132033.
• 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. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. 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.