UniProt Summary: 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.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
CBFD NFYB HMF
Histone
GO Terms
nucleosome
nucleosome assembly
chromatin assembly
chromatin assembly or disassembly
nucleosome organization
DNA packaging
protein-DNA complex assembly
protein-DNA complex subunit organization
DNA conformation change
protein heterodimerization activity
chromatin organization
molecular function
cellular protein-containing complex assembly
chromosome organization
DNA binding
protein-containing complex assembly
protein-containing complex subunit organization
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)