H2BC8 Gene

Name H2B clustered histone 8
Description 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. 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; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element. This gene is found in the large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 8339
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Functional Associations

H2BC8 has 902 functional associations with biological entities spanning 5 categories (disease, phenotype or trait, functional term, phrase or reference, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 12 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of H2BC8 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with H2BC8 gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of H2BC8 gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases associated with H2BC8 gene in GWAS datasets from the DISEASES Experimental Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores 2025 diseases co-occuring with H2BC8 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures tissue samples with high or low expression of H2BC8 gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue-Specific Aging Signatures dataset.
PFOCR Pathway Figure Associations 2024 pathways involving H2BC8 protein from the Wikipathways PFOCR 2024 dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of H2BC8 gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Essential Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Genome-wide Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of H2BC8 gene from the Replogle et al., Cell, 2022 K562 Genome-wide Perturb-seq Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of H2BC8 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of H2BC8 gene from the Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
WikiPathways Pathways 2024 pathways involving H2BC8 protein from the WikiPathways Pathways 2024 dataset.