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Table 5 Revised gene nomenclature for human histone H2B genes

From: A standardized nomenclature for mammalian histone genes

Variant symbol

HGNC gene symbol

HGNC gene name

Previous symbol

HGNC ID

UniProt ID

H2B

H2BC1

H2B clustered histone 1

HIST1H2BA

HGNC:18730

Q96A08

NA

H2BC2P

H2B clustered histone 2, pseudogene

HIST1H2BPS1

HGNC:18719

NA

H2B

H2BC3

H2B clustered histone 3

HIST1H2BB

HGNC:4751

P33778

H2B

H2BC4

H2B clustered histone 4

HIST1H2BC

HGNC:4757

P62807

H2B

H2BC5

H2B clustered histone 5

HIST1H2BD

HGNC:4747

P58876

H2B

H2BC6

H2B clustered histone 6

HIST1H2BE

HGNC:4753

P62807

H2B

H2BC7

H2B clustered histone 7

HIST1H2BF

HGNC:4752

P62807

H2B

H2BC8

H2B clustered histone 8

HIST1H2BG

HGNC:4746

P62807

H2B

H2BC9

H2B clustered histone 9

HIST1H2BH

HGNC:4755

Q93079

H2B

H2BC10

H2B clustered histone 10

HIST1H2BI

HGNC:4756

P62807

H2B

H2BC11

H2B clustered histone 11

HIST1H2BJ

HGNC:4761

P06899

H2B

H2BC12

H2B clustered histone 12

HIST1H2BK

HGNC:13954

O60814

H2B

H2BC13

H2B clustered histone 13

HIST1H2BL

HGNC:4748

Q99880

H2B

H2BC14

H2B clustered histone 14

HIST1H2BM

HGNC:4750

Q99879

H2B

H2BC15

H2B clustered histone 15

HIST1H2BN

HGNC:4749

Q99877

NA

H2BC16P

H2B clustered histone 16, pseudogene

HIST1H2BPS2

HGNC:4754

NA

H2B

H2BC17

H2B clustered histone 17

HIST1H2BO

HGNC:4758

P23527

H2B

H2BC18

H2B clustered histone 18

HIST2H2BF

HGNC:24700

Q5QNW6

NA

H2BC19P

H2B clustered histone 19, pseudogene

HIST2H2BD

HGNC:20517

Q6DRA6

NA

H2BC20P

H2B clustered histone 20, pseudogene

HIST2H2BC

HGNC:20516

Q6DN03

H2B

H2BC21

H2B clustered histone 21

HIST2H2BE

HGNC:4760

Q16778

H2B

H2BC26

H2B clustered histone 26

HIST3H2BB

HGNC:20514

Q8N257

NA

H2BC27P

H2B clustered histone 27, pseudogene

HIST3H2BA

HGNC:20515

NA

H2B.K

H2BK1

H2B.K variant histone 1

H2BE1

HGNC:53833

A0A2R8Y619

NA

H2BL1P

H2B.L histone variant 1, pseudogene

H2BP4

HGNC:54442

NA

H2B.W

H2BW1

H2B.W histone 1

H2BFWT

HGNC:27252

Q7Z2G1

H2B.W

H2BW2

H2B.W histone 2

H2BFM

HGNC:27867

P0C1H6

NA

H2BW3P

H2B.W histone 3, pseudogene

NA

HGNC:44390

NA

NA

H2BW4P

H2B.W histone 4, pseudogene

H2BFXP

HGNC:25757

NA

H2B.N

H2BN1

H2B.N variant histone 1

NA

HGNC:56200

NA

H2B

H2BC12L

H2B clustered histone 12 like

H2BFS

HGNC:4762

P57053