Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 3009
Gene name H1.5 linker histone, cluster member
Gene symbol H1-5
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
H1H1.5H1BH1F5H1s-3HIST1H1B
Chromosome 6
Chromosome location 6p22.1
Summary Histones are basic nuclear proteins responsible for 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
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
29
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IMP 22956909
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin IDA 19882353, 22956909
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin IEA
GO:0000786 Component Nucleosome IEA
GO:0000791 Component Euchromatin IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
142711 4719 ENSG00000184357
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P16401
Protein name Histone H1.5 (Histone H1a) (Histone H1b) (Histone H1s-3)
Protein function Histone H1 protein binds to linker DNA between nucleosomes forming the macromolecular structure known as the chromatin fiber. Histones H1 are necessary for the condensation of nucleosome chains into higher-order structured fibers. Also acts as a
PDB 2RHI
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00538 Linker_histone 40 111 linker histone H1 and H5 family Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitous. Expressed in the majority of the cell lines tested and in testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9031620}.
Sequence
MSETAPAETATPAPVEKSPAKKKATKKAAGAGAAKRKATGPPVSELITKAVAASKERNGL
SLAALKKALAAGGYDVEKNNSRIKLGLKSLVSKGTLVQTKGTGASGSFKLN
KKAASGEAK
PKAKKAGAAKAKKPAGATPKKAKKAAGAKKAVKKTPKKAKKPAAAGVKKVAKSPKKAKAA
AKPKKATKSPAKPKAVKPKAAKPKAAKPKAAKPKAAKAKKAAAKKK
Sequence length 226
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Apoptosis induced DNA fragmentation
Formation of Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci (SAHF)