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Gene

H2AZ1

H2A.Z variant histone 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q23
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 99,948,088–99,950,275 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 2.2 kb
Protein
128 amino acids
Also known as
H2A.Z
Previous symbols
H2AZ, H2AFZ
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000296417.6NM_002106.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How H2AZ1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where H2AZ1 sits. H2AZ1 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 99,449,182 to 100,449,181.Chromosome 44q23p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.299.6 Mb99.8 Mb100 Mb100.2 Mb100.4 MbC4orf17: 99,511,012–99,542,303, forward strandC4orf17TRMT10A: 99,546,700–99,564,070, reverse strandTRMT10AMTTP: 99,564,081–99,623,997, forward strandMTTPC4orf54: 99,636,529–99,657,828, reverse strandC4orf54DAPP1: 99,816,729–99,872,335, forward strandDAPP1LAMTOR3: 99,874,948–99,894,428, reverse strandLAMTOR3DNAJB14: 99,896,248–99,946,726, reverse strandDNAJB14H2AZ1: 99,948,088–99,950,275, reverse strandH2AZ1DDIT4L: 100,180,718–100,190,782, reverse strandDDIT4LEMCN: 100,364,873–100,880,126, reverse strandEMCNDiagram of H2AZ1: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 5: 99,948,088–99,948,523, 436 basesExon 4: 99,948,811–99,948,940, 130 basesExon 3: 99,949,273–99,949,386, 114 basesExon 2: 99,949,663–99,949,740, 78 basesExon 1: 99,950,168–99,950,275, 108 bases543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.9 kb of the gene's 2.2 kb; 387 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). H2AZ1 gene: H2A.Z variant histone 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/h2az1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. H2AZ1 gene: H2A.Z variant histone 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/h2az1

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