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UniProt functional annotation for P84040 | ||
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| UniProt code: P84040. |
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| Organism: | |
Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly). |
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Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila; Sophophora. |
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| Function: | |
Core component of nucleosome. 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. |
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| Subunit: | |
The nucleosome is a histone octamer containing two molecules each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 assembled in one H3-H4 heterotetramer and two H2A-H2B heterodimers. The octamer wraps approximately 147 bp of DNA. |
| Subcellular location: | |
Nucleus. Chromosome. |
| Ptm: | |
Acetylated on Lys-6 and Lys-13 during prophase I of meiosis. Phosphorylation of H2A 'Thr-119' is a prerequisite for H4 Lys-6 acetylation but not for H4 Lys-13 acetylation. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16230526, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18327897}. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the histone H4 family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.