H2BC6 Gene

Name H2B clustered histone 6
Description 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. The protein has antibacterial and antifungal antimicrobial activity. This gene is intronless and encodes a replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H2B 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]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 8344
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Functional Associations

H2BC6 has 365 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (chemical, functional term, phrase or reference, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 7 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures small molecule perturbations changing expression of H2BC6 gene from the Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures dataset.
GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures tissue samples with high or low expression of H2BC6 gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of H2BC6 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
KEGG Pathways 2026 pathways involving H2BC6 protein from the KEGG Pathways 2026 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of H2BC6 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of H2BC6 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of H2BC6 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.