HDAC4

Protein found in humans
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::summary Protein found in humans ::
Histone deacetylase 4, also known as HDAC4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HDAC4 gene.
Function
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. Furthermore, HDAC4 is required for TGFbeta1-induced myofibroblastic differentiation.
Clinical significance
Studies have shown that HDAC4 regulates bone and muscle development. Harvard University researchers also concluded that it promotes healthy vision: Reduced levels of the protein led to the death of the rod photoreceptors and bipolar cells in the retinas of mice.
Interactions
HDAC4 has been shown to interact with:
- BCL6,
- BTG2,
- CBX5,
- GATA1,
- HDAC3,
- MAPK1,
- MAPK3,
- MEF2C,
- Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2A,
- Nuclear receptor co-repressor 1,
- Nuclear receptor co-repressor 2,
- Testicular receptor 2,
- YWHAB,
- YWHAE, and
- Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 16.
References
References
- (April 1999). "Three proteins define a class of human histone deacetylases related to yeast Hda1p". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
- (April 1999). "A new family of human histone deacetylases related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae HDA1p". The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
- "Entrez Gene: HDAC4 histone deacetylase 4".
- (October 2007). "Histone deacetylase 4 is required for TGFbeta1-induced myofibroblastic differentiation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research.
- ''Protein for Sight'', [[Scientific American]], '''300''', 3 (March 2009), p. 23
- (January 2009). "HDAC4 regulates neuronal survival in normal and diseased retinas". Science.
- (July 2007). "Inhibition of medulloblastoma tumorigenesis by the antiproliferative and pro-differentiative gene PC3". FASEB Journal.
- (July 2017). "HDAC1, HDAC4, and HDAC9 Bind to PC3/Tis21/Btg2 and Are Required for Its Inhibition of Cell Cycle Progression and Cyclin D1 Expression". Journal of Cellular Physiology.
- (October 2002). "Association of class II histone deacetylases with heterochromatin protein 1: potential role for histone methylation in control of muscle differentiation". Molecular and Cellular Biology.
- (December 2003). "Altered interaction of HDAC5 with GATA-1 during MEL cell differentiation". Oncogene.
- (September 2001). "Human HDAC7 histone deacetylase activity is associated with HDAC3 in vivo". The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
- (December 2000). "Histone deacetylase 4 associates with extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2, and its cellular localization is regulated by oncogenic Ras". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
- (November 1999). "HDAC4, a human histone deacetylase related to yeast HDA1, is a transcriptional corepressor". Molecular and Cellular Biology.
- (September 2001). "Histone deacetylase 4 possesses intrinsic nuclear import and export signals". Molecular and Cellular Biology.
- (September 1999). "HDAC4 deacetylase associates with and represses the MEF2 transcription factor". The EMBO Journal.
- (May 2000). "mHDA1/HDAC5 histone deacetylase interacts with and represses MEF2A transcriptional activity". The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
- (January 2002). "Enzymatic activity associated with class II HDACs is dependent on a multiprotein complex containing HDAC3 and SMRT/N-CoR". Molecular Cell.
- (January 2000). "Nuclear receptor corepressors partner with class II histone deacetylases in a Sin3-independent repression pathway". Genes & Development.
- (August 2003). "Interaction of nuclear receptor zinc finger DNA binding domains with histone deacetylase". Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.
- (August 2001). "The orphan nuclear receptor TR2 interacts directly with both class I and class II histone deacetylases". Molecular Endocrinology.
- (July 2000). "Regulation of histone deacetylase 4 and 5 and transcriptional activity by 14-3-3-dependent cellular localization". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
- (August 2001). "Differential localization of HDAC4 orchestrates muscle differentiation". Nucleic Acids Research.
- (June 2002). "Class II histone deacetylases are directly recruited by BCL6 transcriptional repressor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
- (November 2004). "HDAC4 mediates transcriptional repression by the acute promyelocytic leukaemia-associated protein PLZF". Oncogene.
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