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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2018 Feb 6;118(3):1216–1252. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00181
HISTONE
LYSINE MODIFICATION

Tail Domain
Globular Domain
H2A K5,K9, K13, K15 K36, K118
H2B K5, K11, K12, K15, K16, K23, K24 K46, K57, K120
H3 K4, K9, K14, K18, K23, K27 K36, K37, K56, K64, K79, K112, K115, K112
H4 K5, K8, K12, K16, K20, K31 K77, K79, K91
H1 *K16, K33 K45, K63, K74, K89, K96, K105, K167

Each histone has additional isoforms not listed in this table.

*

Histone H1 N-terminal domain is structurally distinct from tail domains found in histone H2-4