H1-5

H1.5 linker histone, cluster member

Summary

Histones are basic nuclear proteins responsible for 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 replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H1 family. Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails but instead contain a palindromic termination element. This gene is found in the small histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Known Variants29 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs131999066:27,834,139C/Gregulatory region variant—
rs7691331496:27,834,641C/T—uncertain significance
rs7484849626:27,834,646G/A—uncertain significance
rs7570409466:27,834,676G/T—uncertain significance
rs341444786:27,834,677C/T—uncertain significance
rs5571110236:27,834,711C/A—uncertain significance
rs1503919226:27,834,722C/T—uncertain significance
rs7486626186:27,834,739G/A—uncertain significance
rs7719149986:27,834,764T/G—uncertain significance
rs7652104916:27,834,770C/T—uncertain significance
rs24811005366:27,834,821C/G—uncertain significance
rs7678561026:27,834,865G/A—uncertain significance
rs1404852026:27,834,904G/A—uncertain significance
rs1497294306:27,834,946G/T—uncertain significance
rs617373116:27,834,997G/A—uncertain significance
rs24811013286:27,835,004T/A—uncertain significance
rs7593754996:27,835,118C/T—uncertain significance
rs3709095796:27,835,157C/T—uncertain significance
rs11873408476:27,835,180A/G—uncertain significance
rs24811021806:27,835,189C/A—uncertain significance
rs14752899626:27,835,190C/A—uncertain significance
rs7505375116:27,835,192G/A—uncertain significance
rs2002062036:27,835,219C/T—uncertain significance
rs7664739416:27,835,234G/A—uncertain significance
rs2011484656:27,835,293A/Csynonymous variant—
rs2009496:27,835,435A/Gregulatory region variant—
rs2009506:27,835,772A/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs2009526:27,836,976C/Tdownstream gene variant—
rs176957586:27,837,183T/Cdownstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.