HDAC6

HDAC6
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	3C5K, 3GV4, 3PHD, 5EDU, 5KH7
Identifiers
Aliases	HDAC6, CPBHM, HD6, PPP1R90, JM21, histone deacetylase 6
External IDs	OMIM: 300272; MGI: 1333752; HomoloGene: 31353; GeneCards: HDAC6; OMA:HDAC6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	X chromosome (human)
End	48,824,982 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	X chromosome (mouse)
End	7,814,128 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; anterior pituitary; ; right lobe of liver; ; right testis; ; left testis; ; body of uterus; ; right ovary; ; left ovary; ; ventricular zone; ; ganglionic eminence;
	Top expressed in
	entorhinal cortex; ; perirhinal cortex; ; islet of Langerhans; ; yolk sac; ; central gray substance of midbrain; ; CA3 field; ; epiblast; ; medullary collecting duct; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; choroid plexus of fourth ventricle;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	histone deacetylase binding; misfolded protein binding; metal ion binding; enzyme binding; NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (H3-K14 specific); beta-catenin binding; zinc ion binding; polyubiquitin modification-dependent protein binding; protein binding; tau protein binding; dynein complex binding; Hsp90 protein binding; histone deacetylase activity; microtubule binding; alpha-tubulin binding; ubiquitin binding; beta-tubulin binding; actin binding; hydrolase activity; ubiquitin protein ligase binding; tubulin deacetylase activity; RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; protein deacetylase activity; acetylspermidine deacetylase activity;
Cellular component	cytosol; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; caveola; microtubule; nucleus; multivesicular body; cell projection; microtubule associated complex; aggresome; dynein complex; histone deacetylase complex; perikaryon; axon; inclusion body; dendrite; cell leading edge; cytoplasmic microtubule; cell body; neuron projection; nucleoplasm; cytoplasm; protein-containing complex;
Biological process	Hsp90 deacetylation; protein quality control for misfolded or incompletely synthesized proteins; response to organic substance; cellular response to topologically incorrect protein; tubulin deacetylation; regulation of establishment of protein localization; ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway; response to growth factor; intracellular protein transport; aggresome assembly; negative regulation of proteolysis; histone H3 deacetylation; positive regulation of signal transduction; peptidyl-lysine deacetylation; response to misfolded protein; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; regulation of protein stability; ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process; mitochondrion localization; positive regulation of epithelial cell migration; regulation of fat cell differentiation; transcription, DNA-templated; regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion; polyubiquitinated misfolded protein transport; response to toxic substance; positive regulation of hydrogen peroxide-mediated programmed cell death; regulation of microtubule-based movement; regulation of signaling receptor activity; protein polyubiquitination; protein deacetylation; negative regulation of hydrogen peroxide metabolic process; regulation of autophagy; negative regulation of oxidoreductase activity; regulation of androgen receptor signaling pathway; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; cellular response to misfolded protein; positive regulation of chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly; regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; negative regulation of protein-containing complex disassembly; autophagy; negative regulation of microtubule depolymerization; lysosome localization; histone deacetylation; cellular response to hydrogen peroxide; collateral sprouting; dendritic spine morphogenesis; cilium assembly; regulation of macroautophagy; parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization; positive regulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization; chromatin organization; positive regulation of protein oligomerization; protein-containing complex disassembly; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; polyamine deacetylation; spermidine deacetylation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	10013
	15185
	ENSG00000094631
	ENSMUSG00000031161
	Q9UBN7
	Q9Z2V5
NM_006044; NM_001321225; NM_001321226; NM_001321227; NM_001321228;
	NM_001321229; NM_001321230; NM_001321231
	NM_001130416; NM_010413
NP_001308154; NP_001308155; NP_001308156; NP_001308157; NP_001308158;
	NP_001308159; NP_001308160; NP_006035
	NP_001123888; NP_034543
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Histone deacetylase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HDAC6 gene. HDAC6 has emerged as a highly promising candidate to selectively inhibit as a therapeutic strategy to combat several types of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.