Aliases: | Histone H2B type 1-C/E/F/G/I (Histone H2B.1 A) (Histone H2B.a) (H2B/a) (Histone H2B.g) (H2B/g) (Histone H2B.h) (H2B/h) (Histone H2B.k) (H2B/k) (Histone H2B.l) (H2B/l), HIST1H2BC, HIST1H2BE, HIST1H2BF, HIST1H2BG, HIST1H2BI, H2BFL, H2BFH, H2BFG, H2BFA, H2BFK |
Background: | Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. |