H2AFJ

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H2A histone family, member J

PDB rendering based on 1aoi.

Available structures: 1aoi, 1eqz, 1hio, 1hq3, 1kx3, 1kx4, 1kx5, 1m18, 1m19, 1m1a, 1p34, 1p3a, 1p3b, 1p3f, 1p3g, 1p3i, 1p3k, 1p3l, 1p3m, 1p3o, 1p3p, 1s32, 1tzy, 1zbb, 1zla, 2aro, 2cv5, 2f8n, 2fj7, 2hio, 2nzd

Identifiers

Symbol(s)

H2AFJ; FLJ10903; MGC921

External IDs

MGI: 3606192 HomoloGene: 70814

Gene ontology
Molecular Function:	• DNA binding
Cellular Component:	• nucleosome • nucleus • chromosome
Biological Process:	• nucleosome assembly • chromosome organization and biogenesis (sensu Eukaryota)

Orthologs

Human

Mouse

n/a

Refseq

NM_018267 (mRNA)
NP_060737 (protein)

NM_177688 (mRNA)
NP_808356 (protein)

Location

Chr 12: 14.82 - 14.82 Mb

n/a

Pubmed search

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[2]

H2A histone family, member J, also known as H2AFJ, is a human gene.^[1]

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 located on chromosome 12 and encodes a variant H2A histone. The protein is divergent at the C-terminus compared to the consensus H2A histone family member.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Entrez Gene: H2AFJ H2A histone family, member J.

[edit] Further reading

Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes.". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55-65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMID 16344560.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40-5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
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. PMID 14657027.
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. PMID 12477932.
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.
Chadwick BP, Willard HF (2001). "Histone H2A variants and the inactive X chromosome: identification of a second macroH2A variant.". Hum. Mol. Genet. 10 (10): 1101-13. PMID 11331621.
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.
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. PMID 9566873.