2CV585236319184ENSG00000197903ENSMUSG00000062727O60814Q8CGP1NM_080593NM_001312653NM_175665NP_001299582NP_542160NP_783596Histone H2B type 1-K is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2BK gene.

[5][6] Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes.

Two molecules of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) form an octamer, around which approximately 146 bp of DNA is wrapped in repeating units, called nucleosomes.

This gene is found in the histone microcluster on chromosome 6p21.33.

[7] This article on a gene on human chromosome 6 is a stub.