H2BC1, Official Symbol H2BC1provided by HGNC Official Full Name H2B clustered histone 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:18730 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000146047 MIM:609904; AllianceGenome:HGNC:18730 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as STBP; TH2B; H2BFU; TSH2B; hTSH2B; TSH2B.1; HIST1H2BA; bA317E16.3 Summary 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. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015] Orthologs all