| Source | Lysinerichfractionfromcalfthymus | 
| SpecificActivity | ForSpecificActivitydata,refertotheCertificateofAnalysisforindividuallotsofthisenzyme. | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | HistonesarebasicnuclearproteinsresponsIBLefornucleosomestructureofthechromosomalfiberineukaryotes.Twomoleculesofeachofthefourcorehistones(H2A,H2B,H3,andH4)formanoctamer,aroundwhichapproximately146bpofDNAiswrappedinrepeatingunits,callednucleosomes.Thelinkerhistone,H1,interactswithlinkerDNAbetweennucleosomesandfunctionsinthecompactionofchromatinintohigherorderstructures.ThisgeneisintronlessandencodesamemberofthehistoneH1family.TranscriptsfromthisgenelackpolyAtailsbutinsteadcontainapalindromicterminationelement.Thisgeneisfoundinthelargehistonegeneclusteronchromosome6. | 
| GeneSymbol | HIST1H1EdJ221C16.5H1.4H1F4MGC116819
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| PurificationMethod | Sterilizedthrougha0.2micronmembranefilter | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P10412#HistonesH1arenecessaryforthecondensationofnucleosomechainsintohigherorderstructures. SIZE:219aminoacids;21865Da
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Nucleus.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P10412##BelongstothehistoneH1/H5family.
 MISCELLANEOUS:Thisvariantaccountsfor60%ofhistoneH1.
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| MolecularWeight | 32kDa |