HDAC8 Ser39, HD 8, HD8, HDAC 8, HDACL 1, HDACL1, Histone deacetylase 8, Histone deacetylase like 1, RPD 3, RPD3.
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/acuc/apha family. It has histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter.