Anti-ASF1B

This gene encodes a member of the H3/H4 family of histone chaperone proteins and is similar to the anti-silencing function-1 gene in yeast. The encoded protein is the substrate of the tousled-like kinase family of cell cycle-regulated kinases, and may play a key role in modulating the nucleosome structure of chromatin by ensuring a constant supply of histones at sites of nucleosome assembly. Protein function: Histone chaperone that facilitates histone deposition and histone exchange and removal during nucleosome assembly and disassembly (PubMed:11897662, PubMed:14718166, PubMed:15664198, PubMed:16151251, PubMed:21454524, PubMed:26527279). Cooperates with chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) to promote replication-dependent chromatin assembly (PubMed:11897662, PubMed:14718166, PubMed:15664198, PubMed:16151251). Also involved in the nuclear import of the histone H3-H4 dimer together with importin-4 (IPO4): specifically recognizes and binds newly synthesized histones with the monomethylation of H3 'Lys-9' (H3K9me1) and diacetylation at 'Lys-5' and 'Lys-12' of H4 (H4K5K12ac) marks in the cytosol (PubMed:20953179, PubMed:21454524, PubMed:26527279). Does not participate in replication-independent nucleosome deposition which is mediated by ASF1A and HIRA (PubMed:11897662, PubMed:14718166, PubMed:15664198, PubMed:16151251). Required for gonad development (PubMed:12842904). [The UniProt Consortium]