FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as H3_DROME, His3, His3:CG31613, His3:CG33803, His3:CG33806, His3:CG33809, His3:CG33812, His3:CG33815, His3:CG33818, His3:CG33821, His3:CG33824, His3:CG33827, His3:CG33830, His3:CG33833, His3:CG33836, His3:CG33839, His3:CG33842, His3:CG33845, His3:CG33848, His3:CG33851, His3:CG33854, His3:CG33857, His3:CG33860, His3:CG33863, His3:CG33866. 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. The nucleosome is a histone octamer containing two molecules each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 assembled in one H3-H4 heterotetramer and two H2A-H2B heterodimers. The octamer wraps approximately 147 bp of DNA.

EXTERNAL LINKS

His3, His3:CG31613, His3:CG33803, His3:CG33806, His3:CG33809, His3:CG33812, His3:CG33815, His3:CG33818, His3:CG33821, His3:CG33824, His3:CG33827, His3:CG33830, His3:CG33833, His3:CG33836, His3:CG33839, His3:CG33842, His3:CG33845, His3:CG33848, His3:CG33851, His3:CG33854, His3:CG33857, His3:CG33860, His3:CG33863, His3:CG33866

Histone H3

Molecular Synopsis