H4C3

H4 clustered histone 3

Summary

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 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 H4 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 Variants29 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7710766516:26,104,183G/Cuncertain significance
rs5681252596:26,104,187C/Tlikely benign
rs7676790496:26,104,188G/Tuncertain significance
rs12174537746:26,104,196C/Alikely benign
rs17631911706:26,104,198G/Cuncertain significance
rs7549193106:26,104,209G/Tuncertain significance
rs1470570536:26,104,217T/Cbenign
rs7525282976:26,104,261G/Auncertain significance
rs21137842826:26,104,273C/Tpathogenic
rs24816561356:26,104,279T/Cuncertain significance
rs22297686:26,104,280C/Tbenign
rs14555116736:26,104,308A/Tuncertain significance
rs24816562856:26,104,311C/Alikely pathogenic
rs7564023786:26,104,331T/Clikely benign
rs24816563656:26,104,338A/Guncertain significance
rs5502102456:26,104,344G/Auncertain significance
rs772293166:26,104,355G/Abenign
rs1418880216:26,104,361C/Guncertain significance
rs22297676:26,104,382C/Tbenign
rs13910195646:26,104,396C/Auncertain significance
rs14026131536:26,104,435T/Cuncertain significance
rs1444697146:26,104,443G/Tuncertain significance
rs1379468586:26,104,445C/Tlikely benign
rs617356816:26,104,446C/Tbenign
rs1988526:26,104,448A/Gbenign
rs17632000036:26,104,449A/Cpathogenic
rs21137846306:26,104,450A/Glikely pathogenic
rs24816568266:26,104,472T/Glikely pathogenic
rs11783439296:26,104,480G/Alikely pathogenic

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.