Full name: H2J.A histone

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: E130307C13; H2afj

Summary: 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 6 and encodes a replication-independent histone that is member of the histone H2A family. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

Gene size: 1827bp

Exon count: 1