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/Tuncertain significance
rs7484849626:27,834,646G/Auncertain significance
rs7570409466:27,834,676G/Tuncertain significance
rs341444786:27,834,677C/Tuncertain significance
rs5571110236:27,834,711C/Auncertain significance
rs1503919226:27,834,722C/Tuncertain significance
rs7486626186:27,834,739G/Auncertain significance
rs7719149986:27,834,764T/Guncertain significance
rs7652104916:27,834,770C/Tuncertain significance
rs24811005366:27,834,821C/Guncertain significance
rs7678561026:27,834,865G/Auncertain significance
rs1404852026:27,834,904G/Auncertain significance
rs1497294306:27,834,946G/Tuncertain significance
rs617373116:27,834,997G/Auncertain significance
rs24811013286:27,835,004T/Auncertain significance
rs7593754996:27,835,118C/Tuncertain significance
rs3709095796:27,835,157C/Tuncertain significance
rs11873408476:27,835,180A/Guncertain significance
rs24811021806:27,835,189C/Auncertain significance
rs14752899626:27,835,190C/Auncertain significance
rs7505375116:27,835,192G/Auncertain significance
rs2002062036:27,835,219C/Tuncertain significance
rs7664739416:27,835,234G/Auncertain 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.