A short guide to histone deacetylases including recent progress on class II enzymes

SY Park, JS Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020‏ - nature.com
The interaction between histones and DNA is important for eukaryotic gene expression. A
loose interaction caused, for example, by the neutralization of a positive charge on the …

The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

HDAC6 as privileged target in drug discovery: A perspective

S Pulya, SA Amin, N Adhikari, S Biswas, T Jha… - Pharmacological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract HDAC6, a class IIB HDAC isoenzyme, stands unique in its structural and
physiological functions. Besides histone modification, largely due to its cytoplasmic …

50 years of protein acetylation: from gene regulation to epigenetics, metabolism and beyond

E Verdin, M Ott - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015‏ - nature.com
Abstract In 1964, Vincent Allfrey and colleagues reported the identification of histone
acetylation and with deep insight proposed a regulatory role for this protein modification in …

From 1957 to nowadays: a brief history of epigenetics

P Peixoto, PF Cartron, AA Serandour… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Due to the spectacular number of studies focusing on epigenetics in the last few decades,
and particularly for the last few years, the availability of a chronology of epigenetics appears …

Epigenetic modifications: basic mechanisms and role in cardiovascular disease

DE Handy, R Castro, J Loscalzo - Circulation, 2011‏ - ahajournals.org
The term epigenetics was first used to refer to the complex interactions between the genome
and the environment that are involved in development and differentiation in higher …

Erasers of histone acetylation: the histone deacetylase enzymes

E Seto, M Yoshida - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are enzymes that catalyze the removal of acetyl functional
groups from the lysine residues of both histone and nonhistone proteins. In humans, there …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting histone deacetylases with natural and synthetic agents: an emerging anticancer strategy

AK Singh, A Bishayee, AK Pandey - Nutrients, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Cancer initiation and progression are the result of genetic and/or epigenetic alterations.
Acetylation-mediated histone/non-histone protein modification plays an important role in the …

Histone deacetylases (HDACs): characterization of the classical HDAC family

AJM Ruijter, AH GENNIP, HN Caron, S Kemp… - Biochemical …, 2003‏ - portlandpress.com
Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes occurs within a chromatin setting, and is strongly
influenced by the post-translational modification of histones, the building blocks of …

FIH-1: a novel protein that interacts with HIF-1α and VHL to mediate repression of HIF-1 transcriptional activity

PC Mahon, K Hirota, GL Semenza - Genes & development, 2001‏ - genesdev.cshlp.org
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) is a master regulator of oxygen homeostasis that controls
angiogenesis, erythropoiesis, and glycolysis via transcriptional activation of target genes …