H2AC20, Official Symbol H2AC20provided by HGNC Official Full Name H2A clustered histone 20provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:4738 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000184260 MIM:602797; AllianceGenome:HGNC:4738 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 H2A; H2A/q; H2AFQ; H2A-GL101; HIST2H2AC Summary Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Two molecules of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) form an octamer, around which approximately 146 bp of DNA is wrapped in repeating units, called nucleosomes. The linker histone, H1, interacts with linker DNA between nucleosomes and functions in the compaction of chromatin into higher order structures. This gene is intronless and encodes a replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H2A family. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015] Orthologs mouse all