Gene

Gene details

Summary of gene annotations and link-out to annotation databases

Basic gene annotations are collected from Uniprot and displayed with links to original sources. A quick link to explore the genomic context with Uniprot Browser is available.

H3F3B - H3.3 histone B

Function

Variant histone H3 which replaces conventional H3 in a wide range of nucleosomes in active genes. Constitutes the predominant form of histone H3 in non-dividing cells and is incorporated into chromatin independently of DNA synthesis. Deposited at sites of nucleosomal displacement throughout transcribed genes, suggesting that it represents an epigenetic imprint of transcriptionally active chromatin. 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.

Uniprot Browser
Entrez IDEnsEMBL IDPreferred NameUniprot ID
3021 ENSG00000132475 H3F3B P84243

Gene Regulons

List of regulons containing the gene.

A gene can be associated with multiple causal flows as a member of multiple regulons

RegulonProgram# genes# regulators# causal flows