Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures. HIST4H4 is intronless and encodes a replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H4 family. Transcripts from HIST4H4 lack polyA tails; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element.蛋白别名为：HIST1H4A; H4/A; H4FA; HIST1H4B; H4/I; H4FI; HIST1H4C; H4/G; H4FG; HIST1H4D; H4/B; H4FB; HIST1H4E; H4/J; H4FJ; HIST1H4F; H4/C; H4FC; HIST1H4H; H4/H; H4FH; HIST1H4I; H4/M; H4FM; HIST1H4J; H4/E; H4FE; HIST1H4K; H4/D; H4FD; HIST1H4L; H4/K; H4FK; HIST2H4A; H4/;基因ID为：121504；蛋白质ID:P62805
