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General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Gene namei
Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.
Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s).
Plasma proteins
Predicted locationi
All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions.
Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached.
Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s).
The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location.
Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Chromosome
5
Cytoband
q31.1
Chromosome location (bp)
135334381 - 135399914
Number of transcriptsi
Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.
Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.
Variant histone H2A which replaces conventional H2A in a subset of nucleosomes where it represses transcription 1,2,3. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template 4. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability 5. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. Involved in stable X chromosome inactivation 6. Inhibits the binding of transcription factors, including NF-kappa-B, and interferes with the activity of remodeling SWI/SNF complexes 7,8. Inhibits histone acetylation by EP300 and recruits class I HDACs, which induces a hypoacetylated state of chromatin 9,10....show less
Molecular function (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins due to their particular molecular function.
Chromatin regulator, DNA-binding
Gene summary (Entrez)i
Useful information about the gene from Entrez
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 replication-independent histone that is 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. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2015]...show less
PROTEIN INFORMATIONi
The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database.
The ENSP identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary, while the ENST identifier links to the Ensembl website transcript summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the UniProt column can be expanded to show links to all matching UniProt identifiers for this protein.
The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class.
The Gene Ontology terms assigned to this protein are listed if expanding the Gene ontology column. The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide (according to a majority of the signal peptide predictors SPOCTOPUS, SignalP 4.0, and Phobius) and the number of predicted transmembrane region(s) (according to MDM) are also reported.
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122[negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0000182[rDNA binding] GO:0000228[nuclear chromosome] GO:0000781[chromosome, telomeric region] GO:0000785[chromatin] GO:0000786[nucleosome] GO:0000976[transcription cis-regulatory region binding] GO:0000977[RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0001739[sex chromatin] GO:0001740[Barr body] GO:0003677[DNA binding] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005694[chromosome] GO:0005721[pericentric heterochromatin] GO:0005730[nucleolus] GO:0006325[chromatin organization] GO:0006334[nucleosome assembly] GO:0007549[dosage compensation] GO:0010385[double-stranded methylated DNA binding] GO:0019216[regulation of lipid metabolic process] GO:0019899[enzyme binding] GO:0019901[protein kinase binding] GO:0030291[protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity] GO:0030527[structural constituent of chromatin] GO:0031490[chromatin DNA binding] GO:0031492[nucleosomal DNA binding] GO:0034184[positive regulation of maintenance of mitotic sister chromatid cohesion] GO:0040029[epigenetic regulation of gene expression] GO:0043229[intracellular organelle] GO:0045618[positive regulation of keratinocyte differentiation] GO:0045814[negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic] GO:0045815[transcriptional initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling] GO:0046982[protein heterodimerization activity] GO:0070062[extracellular exosome] GO:0071169[establishment of protein localization to chromatin] GO:0071901[negative regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:1901837[negative regulation of transcription of nucleolar large rRNA by RNA polymerase I] GO:1902750[negative regulation of cell cycle G2/M phase transition] GO:1902882[regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1903226[positive regulation of endodermal cell differentiation] GO:1904815[negative regulation of protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region] GO:1990841[promoter-specific chromatin binding]
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122[negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0000182[rDNA binding] GO:0000228[nuclear chromosome] GO:0000781[chromosome, telomeric region] GO:0000785[chromatin] GO:0000786[nucleosome] GO:0000976[transcription cis-regulatory region binding] GO:0000977[RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0001739[sex chromatin] GO:0001740[Barr body] GO:0003677[DNA binding] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005694[chromosome] GO:0005721[pericentric heterochromatin] GO:0005730[nucleolus] GO:0006325[chromatin organization] GO:0006334[nucleosome assembly] GO:0007549[dosage compensation] GO:0010385[double-stranded methylated DNA binding] GO:0019216[regulation of lipid metabolic process] GO:0019899[enzyme binding] GO:0019901[protein kinase binding] GO:0030291[protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity] GO:0030527[structural constituent of chromatin] GO:0031490[chromatin DNA binding] GO:0031492[nucleosomal DNA binding] GO:0034184[positive regulation of maintenance of mitotic sister chromatid cohesion] GO:0040029[epigenetic regulation of gene expression] GO:0043229[intracellular organelle] GO:0045618[positive regulation of keratinocyte differentiation] GO:0045814[negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic] GO:0045815[transcriptional initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling] GO:0046982[protein heterodimerization activity] GO:0070062[extracellular exosome] GO:0071169[establishment of protein localization to chromatin] GO:0071901[negative regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:0072570[ADP-D-ribose binding] GO:0160002[ADP-D-ribose modification-dependent protein binding] GO:1901837[negative regulation of transcription of nucleolar large rRNA by RNA polymerase I] GO:1902688[regulation of NAD metabolic process] GO:1902750[negative regulation of cell cycle G2/M phase transition] GO:1902882[regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1902884[positive regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1903226[positive regulation of endodermal cell differentiation] GO:1904815[negative regulation of protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region] GO:1990841[promoter-specific chromatin binding]
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122[negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0000182[rDNA binding] GO:0000228[nuclear chromosome] GO:0000781[chromosome, telomeric region] GO:0000785[chromatin] GO:0000786[nucleosome] GO:0000976[transcription cis-regulatory region binding] GO:0000977[RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0001739[sex chromatin] GO:0001740[Barr body] GO:0003677[DNA binding] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005694[chromosome] GO:0005721[pericentric heterochromatin] GO:0005730[nucleolus] GO:0006325[chromatin organization] GO:0006334[nucleosome assembly] GO:0007549[dosage compensation] GO:0010385[double-stranded methylated DNA binding] GO:0019216[regulation of lipid metabolic process] GO:0019899[enzyme binding] GO:0019901[protein kinase binding] GO:0030291[protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity] GO:0030527[structural constituent of chromatin] GO:0031490[chromatin DNA binding] GO:0031492[nucleosomal DNA binding] GO:0034184[positive regulation of maintenance of mitotic sister chromatid cohesion] GO:0040029[epigenetic regulation of gene expression] GO:0043229[intracellular organelle] GO:0045618[positive regulation of keratinocyte differentiation] GO:0045814[negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic] GO:0045815[transcriptional initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling] GO:0046982[protein heterodimerization activity] GO:0070062[extracellular exosome] GO:0071169[establishment of protein localization to chromatin] GO:0071901[negative regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:1901837[negative regulation of transcription of nucleolar large rRNA by RNA polymerase I] GO:1902750[negative regulation of cell cycle G2/M phase transition] GO:1902882[regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1902883[negative regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1903226[positive regulation of endodermal cell differentiation] GO:1904815[negative regulation of protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region] GO:1990841[promoter-specific chromatin binding]
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122[negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0000182[rDNA binding] GO:0000228[nuclear chromosome] GO:0000781[chromosome, telomeric region] GO:0000785[chromatin] GO:0000786[nucleosome] GO:0000793[condensed chromosome] GO:0000976[transcription cis-regulatory region binding] GO:0000977[RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding] GO:0001739[sex chromatin] GO:0001740[Barr body] GO:0003677[DNA binding] GO:0003682[chromatin binding] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005634[nucleus] GO:0005654[nucleoplasm] GO:0005694[chromosome] GO:0005721[pericentric heterochromatin] GO:0005730[nucleolus] GO:0006325[chromatin organization] GO:0006334[nucleosome assembly] GO:0007549[dosage compensation] GO:0010385[double-stranded methylated DNA binding] GO:0019216[regulation of lipid metabolic process] GO:0019899[enzyme binding] GO:0019901[protein kinase binding] GO:0030291[protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity] GO:0030527[structural constituent of chromatin] GO:0031490[chromatin DNA binding] GO:0031492[nucleosomal DNA binding] GO:0034184[positive regulation of maintenance of mitotic sister chromatid cohesion] GO:0040029[epigenetic regulation of gene expression] GO:0043229[intracellular organelle] GO:0045618[positive regulation of keratinocyte differentiation] GO:0045814[negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic] GO:0045815[transcriptional initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling] GO:0046982[protein heterodimerization activity] GO:0070062[extracellular exosome] GO:0071169[establishment of protein localization to chromatin] GO:0071901[negative regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity] GO:1901837[negative regulation of transcription of nucleolar large rRNA by RNA polymerase I] GO:1902750[negative regulation of cell cycle G2/M phase transition] GO:1902882[regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1902883[negative regulation of response to oxidative stress] GO:1903226[positive regulation of endodermal cell differentiation] GO:1904815[negative regulation of protein localization to chromosome, telomeric region] GO:1990841[promoter-specific chromatin binding]
SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)