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Gene

H2BC8

H2B clustered histone 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 26,216,200–26,216,688 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 0.5 kb
Protein
126 amino acids
Also known as
H2B/a, H2B.1A
Previous symbols
H2BFA, HIST1H2BG
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000541790.4NM_003518.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads H2BC8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How H2BC8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where H2BC8 sits. H2BC8 and 50 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 25,716,444 to 26,716,443.Chromosome 66p22.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2725.8 Mb26 Mb26.2 Mb26.4 Mb26.6 Mb: 25,652,210–25,738,044, forward strandH2AC1: 25,723,397–25,726,562, reverse strandH2AC1H2BC1: 25,726,777–25,727,345, forward strandH2BC1SLC17A4: 25,753,300–25,783,316, forward strandSLC17A4SLC17A1: 25,781,532–25,832,067, reverse strandSLC17A1SLC17A3: 25,833,066–25,882,478, reverse strandSLC17A3SLC17A2: 25,906,892–25,930,815, reverse strandSLC17A2TRIM38: 25,962,693–25,991,231, forward strandTRIM38H1-1: 26,017,032–26,017,787, reverse strandH3C1: 26,020,451–26,021,487, forward strandH4C1: 26,021,649–26,022,847, forward strandH4C2: 26,025,802–26,027,283, reverse strandH3C2: 26,028,850–26,032,102, reverse strandH2AC4: 26,033,092–26,033,618, reverse strandH2AC4H2BC3: 26,042,771–26,043,713, reverse strandH2BC3H3C3: 26,045,384–26,045,869, forward strandH3C3H1-2: 26,054,760–26,056,470, reverse strandH1-2H2BC4: 26,067,392–26,124,016, reverse strandH2BC4HFE: 26,087,226–26,098,343, forward strandH4C3: 26,103,933–26,104,337, forward strandH4C3H1-6: 26,107,412–26,108,135, reverse strandH1-6H2AC6: 26,124,145–26,139,116, forward strandH2AC6H1-4: 26,156,329–26,157,115, forward strandH1-4H2BC5: 26,158,122–26,171,349, forward strandH2BC6: 26,172,059–26,184,655, forward strandH4C4: 26,188,710–26,189,112, reverse strandH3C4: 26,195,164–26,197,286, reverse strand: 26,195,595–26,199,293, reverse strandH2AC7: 26,198,784–26,199,293, reverse strandH2BC7: 26,199,516–26,199,988, forward strandH4C5: 26,204,610–26,205,021, forward strandH4C5H2BC8: 26,216,200–26,216,688, reverse strandH2BC8H2AC8: 26,216,921–26,218,515, forward strandH2AC8H3C6: 26,224,179–26,227,476, forward strandH3C6H1-3: 26,234,212–26,234,987, reverse strandH4C6: 26,240,393–26,240,793, forward strandH4C7: 26,246,611–26,246,996, reverse strandH3C7: 26,250,142–26,250,635, reverse strandH2BC9: 26,251,614–26,252,075, forward strandH3C8: 26,270,918–26,271,413, reverse strandH3C8H2BC10: 26,272,931–26,273,412, forward strandH2BC10H4C8: 26,277,609–26,285,638, reverse strandH4C8BTN3A2: 26,365,159–26,382,797, forward strandBTN3A2BTN2A2: 26,383,091–26,394,880, forward strandBTN2A2BTN3A1: 26,402,237–26,415,216, forward strandBTN3A1BTN3A3: 26,440,452–26,453,422, forward strandBTN3A3BTN2A1: 26,457,904–26,476,621, forward strandBTN2A1BTN1A1: 26,500,303–26,510,425, forward strandBTN1A1HMGN4: 26,538,200–26,546,949, forward strandHMGN4ABT1: 26,596,928–26,600,739, forward strandABT1ZNF322: 26,634,383–26,659,759, reverse strandZNF322Diagram of H2BC8: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 26,216,200–26,216,688, 489 bases15′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 0.5 kb of the gene's 0.5 kb; 381 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). H2BC8 gene: H2B clustered histone 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/h2bc8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. H2BC8 gene: H2B clustered histone 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/h2bc8

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