/ H2B / Variant: H2B.Z

H2B.Z in an apicomplexan specific variant that is known to interact with H2A.Z.
Alternate names: H2Bv
Below, you can explore the features of H2B.Z from Homo sapiens, if available and how it compares to the canonical histones of the same type (first row). Canonical histone is shown in the first row, the names and descriptions of each feature can be found underneath. To explore variants from other species, please browse our curated sequences, automatically extracted sequences, or by taxonomy.

Keys: red - identical residues, blue - different residues (if more than one sequence).
R1
Minor groove arginine at alpha1-alpha1 DNA binding site at SHL ±4.5.
alpha1
Alpha1-helix, first helix of histone fold
loopL1
L1 loop, connecting first and second helices of histone fold. Part of the L1L2 DNA binding site formed by H2A and H2B at SHL ±5.5.
beta1
Beta-strand in the L1L2 DNA binding site
alpha2
Alpha2-helix, second helix of histone fold
loopL2
L2 loop, connecting second and third helices of the histone fold. Part of the L1L2 DNA binding site formed by H2A and H2B at SHL ±3.5.
beta2
Beta-strand in the L1L2 DNA binding site
alpha3
Alpha3-helix, third helix of the histone fold
alphaC
AlphaC-helix
  1. Talbert PB, Ahmad K, et al. "A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants." Epigenetics Chromatin, 2012. PMID: 22650316
Keys: red - identical residues, blue - different residues (if more than one sequence). For feature legend see summary tab.
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Features characteristic for a given histone type/variant are marked below the consensus sequence. For feature description see summary tabs of the corresponding variants pages.
Keys: red - 80% identical, blue - 50% identical columns. X-ambigous positions in consensus sequence.