HDAC8


Summary: 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 family. It catalyzes the deacetylation of lysine residues in the histone N-terminal tails and represses transcription in large multiprotein complexes with transcriptional co-repressors. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009].

NameOMIM IDEnsembl IDHGNC IDPHARMGKB IDMap Location
histone deacetylase 8MIM:300269Ensembl:ENSG00000147099HGNC:HGNC:13315PA37766Xq13.1

GO terms in HDAC8


Term TypeEvidence TypeGO Term IDGO Des.
MFIEAGO:0003682chromatin binding
MFTASGO:0004407histone deacetylase activity
MFIPIGO:0005515protein binding
MFTASGO:0008134transcription factor binding
MFIPIGO:0030544Hsp70 protein binding
MFIEAGO:0032041NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (H3-K14 specific)
MFIEAGO:0046872metal ion binding
MFIPIGO:0051879Hsp90 protein binding
CCTASGO:0000118histone deacetylase complex
CCTASGO:0000228nuclear chromosome
CCIDAGO:0005634nucleus
CCTASGO:0005634nucleus
CCTASGO:0005654nucleoplasm
CCTASGO:0005737cytoplasm
CCTASGO:0005829cytosol
CCIDAGO:0005886plasma membrane
BPTASGO:0000122negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
BPTASGO:0006325chromatin organization
BPTASGO:0006333chromatin assembly or disassembly
BPIEAGO:0006351transcription, DNA-templated
BPIMPGO:0007062sister chromatid cohesion
BPIDAGO:0031397negative regulation of protein ubiquitination
BPIDAGO:0031647regulation of protein stability
BPIMPGO:0032204regulation of telomere maintenance
BPIEAGO:0035984cellular response to trichostatin A
BPIEAGO:0045668negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation
BPIEAGO:0070932histone H3 deacetylation
BPIMPGO:0071922regulation of cohesin loading
BPIEAGO:1904322cellular response to forskolin
BPIEAGO:2000616negative regulation of histone H3-K9 acetylation

Gene expression in normal tissue: HDAC8

Gene-model tissue-cancer distribution: Bubble Plot

Gene-drug pathway distribution

Pathways in HDAC8


DatabasePathway IDPathway Des.
reactomeR-HSA-157118Signaling by NOTCH
reactomeR-HSA-162582Signal Transduction
reactomeR-HSA-1640170Cell Cycle
reactomeR-HSA-1643685Disease
reactomeR-HSA-1980143Signaling by NOTCH1
reactomeR-HSA-2122947NOTCH1 Intracellular Domain Regulates Transcription
reactomeR-HSA-2467813Separation of Sister Chromatids
reactomeR-HSA-2500257Resolution of Sister Chromatid Cohesion
reactomeR-HSA-2555396Mitotic Metaphase and Anaphase
reactomeR-HSA-2644602Signaling by NOTCH1 PEST Domain Mutants in Cancer
reactomeR-HSA-2644603Signaling by NOTCH1 in Cancer
reactomeR-HSA-2644606Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 PEST Domain Mutants
reactomeR-HSA-2894858Signaling by NOTCH1 HD+PEST Domain Mutants in Cancer
reactomeR-HSA-2894862Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 HD+PEST Domain Mutants
reactomeR-HSA-3214815HDACs deacetylate histones
reactomeR-HSA-3247509Chromatin modifying enzymes
reactomeR-HSA-4839726Chromatin organization
reactomeR-HSA-5663202Diseases of signal transduction
reactomeR-HSA-68877Mitotic Prometaphase
reactomeR-HSA-68882Mitotic Anaphase
reactomeR-HSA-68886M Phase
reactomeR-HSA-69278Cell Cycle, Mitotic
wikipathwaysWP179Cell Cycle
wikipathwaysWP2064Neural Crest Differentiation
wikipathwaysWP3414Initiation of transcription and translation elongation at the HIV-1 LTR
wikipathwaysWP3996Ethanol effects on histone modifications
kegghsa05034Alcoholism - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05165Human papillomavirus infection - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05203Viral carcinogenesis - Homo sapiens (human)
pidhdac_classi_pathwaySignaling events mediated by HDAC Class I

Gene-Drug: Aster Plot


Drug IDDrug NameModel Num.
iGMDRD318PAC-18
iGMDRD150RITA6
iGMDRD505Pevonedistat9
iGMDRD126Tipifarnib3
iGMDRD341Triacsin c10
iGMDRD872BRD71371
iGMDRD474Avrainvillamide6

Gene in drug-gene network: Network Plot

Gene-drug targets distribution

Gene Structure: PDB

Models in HDAC8

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