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HIST1H2BI

Histone H2B type 1-C/E/F/G/I is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2BI gene.

Last revised
Jun 19, 2026
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Length
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Citations
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Source
H2BC10
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesH2BC10, H2B/k, H2BFK, histone cluster 1, H2bi, histone cluster 1 H2B family member i, H2B clustered histone 10, HIST1H2BI, H2BC8, H2BC7, H2BC6, H2BC4
External IDsOMIM: 602807; MGI: 1915274; HomoloGene: 135944; GeneCards: H2BC10; OMA:H2BC10 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003525

NM_001290380
NM_023422

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003517
NP_001368918

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 26.27 – 26.27 MbChr 13: 23.87 – 23.88 Mb
PubMed search34
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Histone H2B type 1-C/E/F/G/I is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2BI gene.567

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 H2B 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 6.7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000278588Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000018102Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Albig W, Kioschis P, Poustka A, Meergans K, Doenecke D (Apr 1997). "Human histone gene organization: nonregular arrangement within a large cluster". Genomics. 40 (2): 314–22. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4592. PMID 9119399.
  6. 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.
  7. "Entrez Gene: HIST1H2BI histone cluster 1, H2bi".
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