| Gene Symbol | HDAC8 |
| Entrez Gene ID | 55869 |
| Full Name | histone deacetylase 8 |
| Synonyms | CDA07,CDLS5,HD8,HDACL1,MRXS6,RPD3,WTS |
| General protein information |
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| Gene Type | protein-coding |
| Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
| Genome | |
| Summary | 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. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]. |
| Disorder MIM: | |
| Disorder Html: | Cornelia de Lange syndrome 5, 300882 (3) |

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