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Details on Person UniProt:Q8N257 H2BC26

Class:IdReferenceGeneProduct:148296
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commentFUNCTION 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.SUBUNIT 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.SUBCELLULAR LOCATION Monoubiquitination at Lys-35 (H2BK34Ub) by the MSL1/MSL2 dimer is required for histone H3 'Lys-4' (H3K4me) and 'Lys-79' (H3K79me) methylation and transcription activation at specific gene loci, such as HOXA9 and MEIS1 loci. Similarly, monoubiquitination at Lys-121 (H2BK120Ub) by the RNF20/40 complex gives a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation and is also prerequisite for histone H3 'Lys-4' and 'Lys-79' methylation. It also functions cooperatively with the FACT dimer to stimulate elongation by RNA polymerase II. H2BK120Ub also acts as a regulator of mRNA splicing: deubiquitination by USP49 is required for efficient cotranscriptional splicing of a large set of exons.PTM Phosphorylation at Ser-37 (H2BS36ph) by AMPK in response to stress promotes transcription (By similarity). Phosphorylated on Ser-15 (H2BS14ph) by STK4/MST1 during apoptosis; which facilitates apoptotic chromatin condensation (PubMed:12757711). Also phosphorylated on Ser-15 in response to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), and in correlation with somatic hypermutation and immunoglobulin class-switch recombination.PTM GlcNAcylation at Ser-113 promotes monoubiquitination of Lys-121. It fluctuates in response to extracellular glucose, and associates with transcribed genes (By similarity).PTM ADP-ribosylated by PARP1 or PARP2 on Ser-7 (H2BS6ADPr) in response to DNA damage (PubMed:34874266). H2BS6ADPr promotes recruitment of CHD1L (PubMed:34874266). Poly ADP-ribosylation on Glu-36 (H2BE35ADPr) by PARP1 regulates adipogenesis: it inhibits phosphorylation at Ser-37 (H2BS36ph), thereby blocking expression of pro-adipogenetic genes (By similarity).PTM Crotonylation (Kcr) is specifically present in male germ cells and marks testis-specific genes in post-meiotic cells, including X-linked genes that escape sex chromosome inactivation in haploid cells. Crotonylation marks active promoters and enhancers and confers resistance to transcriptional repressors. It is also associated with post-meiotically activated genes on autosomes.PTM Lactylated in macrophages by EP300/P300 by using lactoyl-CoA directly derived from endogenous or exogenous lactate, leading to stimulates gene transcription.SIMILARITY Belongs to the histone H2B family.
created[InstanceEdit:143527] Schmidt, EE, 2004-11-12 07:45:10
descriptionrecommendedName: Histone H2B type 3-B alternativeName: H2B type 12 alternativeName: fullName evidence="29"H2B-clustered histone 26 alternativeName: fullName evidence="29"H2B.U histone 1
geneNameH2BC26
H2BU1
HIST3H2BB
identifierQ8N257
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keyword3D-structure
Acetylation
ADP-ribosylation
Chromosome
Direct protein sequencing
DNA-binding
Glycoprotein
Hydroxylation
Isopeptide bond
Methylation
Nucleosome core
Nucleus
Phosphoprotein
Proteomics identification
Reference proteome
Ubl conjugation
modified[InstanceEdit:217385] Schmidt, EE, 2008-03-27 06:23:53
[InstanceEdit:354386] Schmidt, EE, 2008-06-18 04:45:12
[InstanceEdit:384350] Kanapin, AA, 2008-11-26 14:00:39
[InstanceEdit:392885] Kanapin, AA, 2009-03-09 12:07:18
[InstanceEdit:400710] Schmidt, EE, 2009-03-25 05:33:35
[InstanceEdit:423310] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:435478] Kanapin, AA
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[InstanceEdit:797602] Kanapin, AA
[InstanceEdit:937368] Yung, CK
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[InstanceEdit:1220657] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1300696] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1301627] Yung, CK
[InstanceEdit:1551960] Weiser, JD
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[InstanceEdit:9819394] Weiser, Joel
[InstanceEdit:9852000] Weiser, Joel, 2023-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9926675] Weiser, Joel, 2024-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9963647] Weiser, Joel, 2025-08-15
[InstanceEdit:9983091] Weiser, Joel, 2026-02-20
nameH2BC26
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
referenceGene[ReferenceDNASequence:8994253] ENSEMBL:ENSG00000196890 H2BC26 [Homo sapiens]
secondaryIdentifierH2B3B_HUMAN
A4FU05
Q3ZCP6
Q5TA30
sequenceLength126
species[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
(referenceEntity)[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:181923] HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:977572] HIST3H2BB [extracellular region] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:3364030] Ub-121-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:4549249] AcK-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:4568654] AcK13-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:4568677] AcK6-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:4568683] AcK21-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:4568685] AcK16-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:6782555] Ub-HIST3H2BB [nucleoplasm] [Homo sapiens]
(referenceSequence)[ModifiedResidue:3359496] ubiquitinylated lysine at 121
[ModifiedResidue:4549299] N6-acetyl-L-lysine at unknown position
[ModifiedResidue:4568649] N6-acetyl-L-lysine at 6
[ModifiedResidue:4568655] N6-acetyl-L-lysine at 13
[ModifiedResidue:4568665] N6-acetyl-L-lysine at 21
[ModifiedResidue:4568694] N6-acetyl-L-lysine at 16
[GroupModifiedResidue:6782564] ubiquitinylated lysine (monoUb [nucleoplasm]) at 120
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