Biology:HIST2H2AC

Generic protein structure example

Histone H2A type 2-C is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST2H2AC 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.

Further reading

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• "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. 2001. doi:10.1006/viro.2000.0593. PMID 11080476. 
• "Enhancement of the p300 HAT activity by HIV-1 Tat on chromatin DNA". Virology 289 (2): 312–26. 2001. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.1129. PMID 11689053. 
• "Autoubiquitination of the BRCA1*BARD1 RING ubiquitin ligase". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (24): 22085–92. 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201252200. PMID 11927591. 
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• "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. 2003. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. 
• "Purification and functional characterization of the human N-CoR complex: the roles of HDAC3, TBL1 and TBLR1". EMBO J. 22 (6): 1336–46. 2003. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg120. PMID 12628926. 
• "Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase forms a ternary complex with a novel chromatin remodeling protein with 82 kDa and core histone". Genes Cells 8 (6): 559–71. 2004. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2443.2003.00656.x. PMID 12786946. 
• "Regulation of HIV-1 gene expression by histone acetylation and factor recruitment at the LTR promoter". EMBO J. 22 (24): 6550–61. 2004. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg631. PMID 14657027. 
• "Phosphorylation of histone H2A inhibits transcription on chromatin templates". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (21): 21866–72. 2004. doi:10.1074/jbc.M400099200. PMID 15010469. 
• "Nucleosomal histone kinase-1 phosphorylates H2A Thr 119 during mitosis in the early Drosophila embryo". Genes Dev. 18 (8): 877–88. 2004. doi:10.1101/gad.1184604. PMID 15078818. 
• "Role of histone H2A ubiquitination in Polycomb silencing". Nature 431 (7010): 873–8. 2004. doi:10.1038/nature02985. PMID 15386022. Bibcode: 2004Natur.431..873W. 
• "The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. 2004. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334. 
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• "Deimination of histone H2A and H4 at arginine 3 in HL-60 granulocytes". Biochemistry 44 (15): 5827–34. 2005. doi:10.1021/bi047505c. PMID 15823041. 
• "Characterization of histone H2A and H2B variants and their post-translational modifications by mass spectrometry". Mol. Cell. Proteomics 5 (3): 541–52. 2006. doi:10.1074/mcp.M500288-MCP200. PMID 16319397.