Histone H4 (HIST4H4) Protein

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 member of the histone H4 family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

H4: 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 gene encoding H4 is intronless.

Protein type: DNA-binding

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 6p22.2

Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; nuclear chromosome; protein complex; membrane; extracellular region; nucleosome; nucleus

Molecular Function: protein binding; DNA binding; histone binding; protein heterodimerization activity

Biological Process: chromatin silencing at rDNA; nucleosome assembly; establishment and/or maintenance of chromatin architecture; DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly at centromere; DNA replication-independent nucleosome assembly; negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; protein heterotetramerization; gene expression; mitotic cell cycle; DNA methylation on cytosine; telomere maintenance; DNA replication-dependent nucleosome assembly; regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; negative regulation of megakaryocyte differentiation