H2AZ1

protein-coding

H2A.Z variant histone 1, the group of H2A histones

Gene summary

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. This gene encodes a replication-independent member of the histone H2A family that is distinct from other members of the family. Studies in mice have shown that this particular histone is required for embryonic development and indicate that lack of functional histone H2A leads to embryonic lethality. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Previous symbols:
  • H2AZ
  • H2AFZ

MANE transcript

NM_002106.4

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:5

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr4:99,948,086-99,950,355

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~2.3 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to H2AZ1 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 5

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_002106.4. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
0
missense
5
clinvar
5
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total005005
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 38 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_002106.4RefSeqNP_002097.15MANE Select
ENST00000296417.6EnsemblENSP00000296417.55MANE Select
ENST00000651623.1EnsemblENSP00000498935.15Standard
ENST00000651623.2EnsemblENSP00000498935.15Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Necroptosis - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Alcoholism - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Proteasome Degradation
  • Retinoblastoma (RB) in Cancer

Biological Process

  • chromatin organization
  • positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
  • cellular response to estradiol stimulus

Molecular Function

  • RNA polymerase II proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
  • RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
  • RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
  • DNA binding
  • protein binding

Cellular Component

  • nucleosome
  • nuclear chromatin
  • Barr body
  • nucleus
  • nuclear euchromatin

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000296417
Coding exons
5
Length
2303
Individuals with no LoFs
121936
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
1
Defined
121937
p
0.00000410
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense2.92475.50.05300.00000359806
Missense (PolyPhen)015.0780197
Synonymous-1.473828.11.350.00000123275
Loss of Function2.4306.870.002.92e-786

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African00.0absent
Latino/Admixed American00.0absent
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian00.0absent
Finnish00.0absent
European (Non-Finnish)00.0absent
South Asian0.0000340.000034rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Variant histone H2A which replaces conventional H2A in a subset of nucleosomes. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. May be involved in the formation of constitutive heterochromatin. May be required for chromosome segregation during cell division. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15878876}.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.270

Intolerance Scores

RVIS EVS
0.06
RVIS percentile EVS
58

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (gene trap)
H
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.925
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