HDAC4 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

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]

HDAC4: a transcriptional regulator of the histone deacetylase family, subfamily 2. Deacetylates lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones H2A, H2B, H3 AND H4. Plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Does not bind DNA directly, but through transcription factors MEF2C and MEF2D. It seems to interact in a multiprotein complex with RbAp48 and HDAC3.

Protein type: Hydrolase; EC 3.5.1.98; Deacetylase; Nuclear receptor co-regulator

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 2q37.3

Cellular Component: nucleoplasm; transcriptional repressor complex; histone deacetylase complex; cytoplasm; actomyosin; neuromuscular junction; nucleus; Z disc; cytosol; A band

Molecular Function: potassium ion binding; transcription activator binding; zinc ion binding; histone deacetylase binding; protein deacetylase activity; protein kinase binding; transcription factor binding; protein binding; NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (H3-K9 specific); NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (H3-K14 specific); sequence-specific DNA binding; NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (H4-K16 specific); histone deacetylase activity; transcription corepressor activity

Biological Process: cardiac muscle hypertrophy; response to drug; nervous system development; regulation of skeletal muscle fiber development; transcription, DNA-dependent; B cell activation; negative regulation of transcription factor activity; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; histone deacetylation; response to denervation involved in regulation of muscle adaptation; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; osteoblast development; positive regulation of protein sumoylation; chromatin remodeling; negative regulation of cell proliferation; B cell differentiation; regulation of protein binding; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of transcription factor activity; negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; negative regulation of glycolysis; inflammatory response; skeletal development