H1-6

H1.6 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 large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Known Variants39 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1988466:26,107,463A/C——
rs14275961776:26,107,714G/C—uncertain significance
rs12788168566:26,107,754A/G—likely benign
rs11999693166:26,107,756T/C—uncertain significance
rs1839556736:26,107,759G/A—uncertain significance
rs2003949416:26,107,778G/A—uncertain significance
rs767224236:26,107,793G/T—uncertain significance
rs7780737106:26,107,846G/C—uncertain significance
rs2019743996:26,107,896C/G—uncertain significance
rs7755181116:26,107,904C/A—uncertain significance
rs3763956126:26,107,973G/A—uncertain significance
rs7500170346:26,107,985T/C—uncertain significance
rs7718713266:26,107,988T/C—uncertain significance
rs7768432586:26,107,993T/C—uncertain significance
rs1499887756:26,108,048C/T—uncertain significance
rs7460849286:26,108,074C/T—uncertain significance
rs5562995046:26,108,083T/C—uncertain significance
rs1809283646:26,108,096C/G—uncertain significance
rs7681398046:26,108,107G/A—uncertain significance
rs2013899676:26,108,116G/A—uncertain significance
rs1468606586:26,108,117C/Tmissense variant—
rs3681651556:26,108,140A/G—uncertain significance
rs12353843956:26,108,141T/C—uncertain significance
rs7635886426:26,108,149C/T—uncertain significance
rs617292686:26,108,173T/C—uncertain significance
rs1411333876:26,108,180T/C—uncertain significance
rs3769708286:26,108,185T/C—uncertain significance
rs7660760846:26,108,186T/C—uncertain significance
rs1998703196:26,108,198G/A—uncertain significance
rs7815622866:26,108,200T/G—uncertain significance
rs2013158306:26,108,210T/G—uncertain significance
rs7463843906:26,108,226C/G—uncertain significance
rs7536139316:26,108,233G/C—uncertain significance
rs5644386496:26,108,236G/A—uncertain significance
rs7457894026:26,108,275G/A—likely benign
rs7697940566:26,108,276C/A—likely benign
rs1988446:26,108,282C/Tmissense variant—
rs3752875456:26,108,299G/A—uncertain significance
rs7688293396:26,108,306G/A—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.