Histone

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Histones (H) are the major protein components of chromatin which help to pack the DNA in the nucleosomes. H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 are core histones while H1 and H5 are linker histones[1]. The nucleosome is the repeated unit of the chromatin consisting of a core which contains 8 histone molecules (two copies of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) wrapped by ca. 140 base pairs of DNA[2]. The chromatin is made of nucleosome cores separated by a linker region of upto 80 base pairs of DNA associated with histones H1 and H5.

Yeast H3 (green), H4 (pink) and anti-silencing protein (grey) complex with sulfate, glycerol and Zn+2 ion (grey), 2hue

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3D Structures of histone3D Structures of histone

Updated on 20-June-2017

ReferencesReferences

  1. Marino-Ramirez L, Kann MG, Shoemaker BA, Landsman D. Histone structure and nucleosome stability. Expert Rev Proteomics. 2005 Oct;2(5):719-29. PMID:16209651 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14789450.2.5.719
  2. Kornberg RD. Chromatin structure: a repeating unit of histones and DNA. Science. 1974 May 24;184(4139):868-71. PMID:4825889

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