Abstract
Posttranslational modifications of histone proteins in chromatin play a critical role in the control of gene expression in eukaryotes. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) catalyze the deacetylation of lysine residues in the histone amino-terminal tails and are found in large multiprotein transcriptional compressor complexes. Human HDACs are grouped into three classes based on their similarity to known yeast factors. Class I HDACs are similar to the yeast transcriptional repressor yRPD3, whereas class II HDACs are related to yHDA1 and class III HDAs to ySIR2. In this review, we focus on the structure and function of class IIa HDACs. These recently discovered enzymes have been implicated as important regulators of gene expression during cell differentiation and development.
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Abbreviations
- BCL6:
-
B-cell lymphoma 6
- B-MyB:
-
B-myeloblastosis virus
- BTB/POZ:
-
Bric-a-brac, tramtrack, and broad complex/ Pox virus and zinc finger
- BCOR:
-
BCL-6 interacting corepressor
- Cam:
-
Calmodulin
- CRM1:
-
Chromosome region maintenance 1
- CtBP:
-
COOH-terminal binding protein
- DAG:
-
Diacylglycerol
- Erk:
-
Extracellular signal-related kinase
- ETO:
-
Eight twenty-one
- Eu-HMTase1:
-
Eukaryotic histone methyltransferase
- GPS2:
-
G protein pathway suppressor 2
- HAST:
-
Hda 1p-affected subtelomeric
- Hos 1/3, Hos2:
-
Hda One Similar 2
- Hox:
-
Homeobox
- HP1:
-
Heterochromatin protein 1
- Hst1:
-
Homolog of SIR2
- IP3 :
-
Inositol triphosphate
- Mad:
-
MAX dimerization protein 1
- MADS:
-
MCM1, agamous, deficiens, and serum response factor
- MAX:
-
MYC associated factor X
- MCM1 (in the MADS definition):
-
Mini-chromosome maintenance
- MEF2:
-
Myocyte enhancer-binding factor 2
- MRF:
-
Muscle regulatory factor 4
- MyoD:
-
Myogenic differentiation
- MYST family:
-
MOZ, YBF2/SAS 3, SAS 2, and Tip60
- NCoR:
-
Nuclear receptor corepressor
- NES:
-
Nuclear export signal
- NLS:
-
Nuclear localization signal
- NR:
-
Nuclear receptor
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase C
- PKD:
-
Protein kinase D
- PLCg:
-
Phospholipase c-γ
- PLZF:
-
Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger
- RanBP2:
-
RAs-related nuclear protein, binding protein 2
- REA:
-
Repressor of estrogen activity
- Rpx2:
-
Rathkee pouch homeobox 2
- Runx2:
-
Runt-related transcription factor 2
- SMRT:
-
Silencing mediator for retinoid and thyroid receptors
- STAT3:
-
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
- SUV39H1:
-
Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 1
- Tat:
-
Transactivator of transcription
- TBL-1:
-
Transducin β-like protein
- TIP60:
-
Tat-interacting protein, 60 kilodaltons
- ZEBRA:
-
BamhI fragment Z Epstein-Barr replication activator
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Kasler, H.G., Verdin, E. (2006). The Class IIa Histone Deacetylases. In: Verdin, E. (eds) Histone Deacetylases. Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59745-024-3:129
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