H2AFY

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Core histone macro-H2A.1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AFY gene.[1][2][3]

Function

Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures. This gene encodes a member of the histone H2A family. It replaces conventional H2A histones in a subset of nucleosomes where it represses transcription and participates in stable X chromosome inactivation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[3] Expression of these isoforms is associated to several cancers, such as hepatocellular carcinoma.[4]

References

  1. Mao M, Fu G, Wu JS, Zhang QH, Zhou J, Kan LX, Huang QH, He KL, Gu BW, Han ZG, Shen Y, Gu J, Yu YP, Xu SH, Wang YX, Chen SJ, Chen Z (Jul 1998). "Identification of genes expressed in human CD34(+) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by expressed sequence tags and efficient full-length cDNA cloning". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (14): 8175–80. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.14.8175. PMC 20949. PMID 9653160.
  2. Lee Y, Hong M, Kim JW, Hong YM, Choe YK, Chang SY, Lee KS, Choe IS (Jul 1998). "Isolation of cDNA clones encoding human histone macroH2A1 subtypes". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1399 (1): 73–7. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(98)00098-0. PMID 9714746.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: H2AFY H2A histone family, member Y".
  4. Rappa F, Greco A, Podrini C, Cappello F, Foti M, Bourgoin L, Peyrou M, Marino A, Scibetta N, Williams R, Mazzoccoli G, Federici M, Pazienza V, Vinciguerra M (2013). "Immunopositivity for histone macroH2A1 isoforms marks steatosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54458. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054458. PMC 3553099. PMID 23372727.

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