Background |
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 the class II histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. It possesses histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter. It coimmunoprecipitates only with HDAC3 family member and might form multicomplex proteins. It also interacts with myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins, resulting in repression of MEF2-dependent genes. This gene is thought to be associated with colon cancer. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. |
Manufacturers Research Area |
Epigenetics Nuclear Signaling, Nuclear Receptor Signaling, Protein phosphorylation, Signal Transduction, Cell Biology Developmental Biology, Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle Control-G1 S Checkpoint, Wnt ��-Catenin Signaling Pathway, Immunology Inflammation, NF-kB Signaling Pathway, Stem Cells, Cardiovascular, Heart, Hypertrophy |