XB-FEAT-5901182

h2ac1

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nomenclature changes

08.23.2019

Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 221613. From histone cluster 1 H2A family member a to H2A clustered histone 1

Human symbol has changed for genepage ID: 5901182 From hist1h2aa to h2ac1

Human symbol has changed for Entrez Gene: 221613. From HIST1H2AA to H2AC1

Summary from NCBI for human H2AC1

Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone 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 H2A family. Transcripts from this gene contain a palindromic termination element. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]