Histones play a critical role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression, and developmental events. Histone acetylation/deacetylation alters chromosome structure and affects transcription factor access to DNA. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class I of the histone deacetylase family. It catalyzes the deacetylation of lysine residues in the histone N-terminal tails and represses transcription in large multiprotein complexes with transcriptional co-repressors.
Immunogen Information
Immunogen
Recombinant protein of human HDAC8
Swissprot
Q9BY41
Synonyms
CDA07CDLS5HD 8HD8HDAC 8Hdac8HDAC8HDACL 1HDACL1Histone deacetylase 8Histone deacetylase like 1MRXS6RPD 3RPD3WTS