| Function | Variant histone H2A which replaces conventional H2A in a subset of nucleosomes. 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. May be involved in the formation of constitutive heterochromatin. May be required for chromosome segregation during cell division. |
| Protein Name | Histone H2a.zH2a/Z |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-977225 |
| Cellular Localisation | NucleusChromosome |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Histone H2a.z antibodyAnti-H2a/Z antibodyAnti-H2AZ1 antibodyAnti-H2AFZ antibodyAnti-H2AZ antibody |
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