Histone deacetylase 8
BE0001608ProteinHumansHDAC8
Histone deacetylase that catalyzes the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) (PubMed:10748112, PubMed:10922473, PubMed:10926844, PubMed:14701748, PubMed:28497810). It is acted on by 21 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HDAC8
- UniProtKB entry
- Q9BY41Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Nucleus
- Residues / weight
- 377 residues · 41,757 Da
- Also known as
- 3.5.1.98 · HD8 · HDACL1 · Protein deacetylase HDAC8 · Protein decrotonylase HDAC8
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Histone deacetylase 8, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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