Information of histone protein?

histones are highly alkaline proteins found in eukaryotic cell nuclei that package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes. They are the chief protein components of chromatin, acting as spools around which DNA winds, and playing a role in gene regulation. Without histones, the unwound DNA in chromosomes would be very long (a length to width ratio of more than 10 million to 1 in human DNA). For example, each human diploid cell (containing 23 pairs of chromosomes) has about 1.8 meters of DNA; wound on the histones, the dipliod cell has about 90 micrometers (0.09 mm) of chromatin. When the diploid cells are duplicated and condensed during mitosis, the result is about 120 micrometers of chromosomes.
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The histones consist mostly of lysine and arginine, so they are positively charged. This makes then strongly attracted to DNA, which is negatively charged. The ionic attractions enable the DNA to become tightly packed about the histones.
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Histone proteins are nuclear proteins that help in DNA packing. There are 5 types of histone protein 1) H1 2) H2a 3) H2b 4) H3 5)H4 . out of these 2) H2a 3) H2b 4) H3 5)H4 form Histone complex around which DNA wraps. H1 is not a part of histone complex but of nuclosome complx.
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