Gene Information
Gene NameMACROH2A1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length369
Protein NamesCore histone macro-H2A.1 (Histone macroH2A1) (mH2A1) (Histone H2A.y) (H2A/y) (Medulloblastoma antigen MU-MB-50.205)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000113648 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBO75367
Gene CardMACROH2A1
Uniprot IDO75367
PfamPF00125; PF16211; PF01661
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.298375514)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Macroh2a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Macroh2a1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MACROH2A1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsMACROH2A2
ParalogsH2AC1, H2AC19, H2AC18, H2AL1Q, H2AL3, H2AB1, H2AB3, H2AB2, H2AC7, H2AZ1, H2AZ2, H2AJ, H2AC20, H2AC21, H2AC6, H2AC4, H2AC8, H2AW, MACROH2A2, H2AC15, H2AC13, H2AC17, H2AC11, H2AC16, H2AC12, H2AC14, H2AX
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityWidely expressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9714746}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001293(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1U35  (X-ray  3.00A  1ZR3  (X-ray  1.66A  1ZR5  (X-ray  2.92A  2F8N  (X-ray  2.90A  2FXK  (X-ray  2.54A  3HQH  (X-ray  2.30A  3HSV  (X-ray  1.43A  3IID  (X-ray  1.90A  3IIF  (X-ray  2.10A  3IVB  (X-ray  1.75A  5IIT  (X-ray  2.13A  5LNC  (X-ray  3.29A  7D3Y  (X-ray  3.11A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15621527, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15897469, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9634239}. Chromosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15621527, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15897469, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21211722, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29905837, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9634239}. Note=Enriched in inactive X chromosome chromatin and in senescence-associated heterochromatin (PubMed:15621527, PubMed:15897469, PubMed:9634239). Recruited to DNA damage sites in an APLF-dependent manner (PubMed:21211722, PubMed:29905837). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15621527, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15897469, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21211722, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29905837, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9634239}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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