HDAC4Ser246, HDAC4S246, p-HDAC4Ser246, p-HDAC4S246, HD 4, HD4, HDAC 4, HDAC A, HDACA, Histone Deacetylase 4, Histone Deacetylase A, KIAA0288, EC 3.5.1.98, HA6116, HDA4_CAEEL, Histone deacetylase 4, CeHDA-7, Histone deacetylase 7.
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 II of the histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. It possesses histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter. This protein does not bind DNA directly, but through transcription factors MEF2C and MEF2D. It seems to interact in a multiprotein complex with RbAp48 and HDAC3. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
