Rabbit anti-Human Histone H2B (testis specific) Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

Q96A08

Target Species

Human

Target Name

H2BC1

Target Full Name

Histone H2B type 1-A

Target Function

Variant histone specifically required to direct the transformation of dissociating nucleosomes to protamine in male germ cells. Entirely replaces classical histone H2B prior nucleosome to protamine transition and probably acts as a nucleosome dissociating factor that creates a more dynamic chromatin, facilitating the large-scale exchange of histones. 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. Also found in fat cells, its function and the presence of post-translational modifications specific to such cells are still unclear.

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus. Chromosome.

Target Protein Families

Histone H2B family

Target Tissue Specificity

Mainly expressed in testis, and the corresponding protein is also present in mature sperm (at protein level). Also found in some fat cells.

Target Synonyms

HIST1H2BA; testis; bA317E16.3; H2B; H2B histone family member U; H2B histone family member U testis specific; H2B histone family; member U; (testis specific); H2B testis; H2B1A_HUMAN; H2BFU; H2BT; HIST1H2BA; Histone 1; H2ba; Histone cluster 1 H2ba; Histone H2B; Histone H2B testis; Histone H2B type 1 A; Histone H2B type 1-A; Histone H2B type 1A; STBP; Testis specific histone H2B; Testis-specific histone H2B; TSH 2B; TSH2B; TSH2B.1

Target Background

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 is intronless and encodes a replication-dependent histone that is a testis/sperm-specific member of the histone H2B family. Transcripts from this gene contain a palindromic termination element.