CENH3 — Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Summary

HORVU.MOREX.R3.6HG0573870, the barley CENH3 gene on chromosome 6H, encodes a protein with the Histone H3/CENP-A domain, Histone-fold domain, and H2A/H2B/H3 domain, and has nucleosomal DNA binding, structural constituent of chromatin, protein heterodimerization activity, and DNA binding. It is associated with kinetochore assembly, regulation of chromosome segregation, sister chromatid cohesion, mitosis, meiosis, DNA condensation, chromatin silencing, and seed development. The encoded protein localizes to the kinetochore, nucleolus, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to spike density and awn length traits.