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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.