HDAC9, Official Symbol HDAC9provided by HGNC Official Full Name histone deacetylase 9provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:14065 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000048052 MIM:606543; AllianceGenome:HGNC:14065 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as HD7; HD9; HD7b; HDAC; HDRP; MITR; HDAC7; ARCND4; HDAC7B; HDAC9B; HDAC9FL 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 has sequence homology to members of the histone deacetylase family. This gene is orthologous to the Xenopus and mouse MITR genes. The MITR protein lacks the histone deacetylase catalytic domain. It represses MEF2 activity through recruitment of multicomponent corepressor complexes that include CtBP and HDACs. This encoded protein may play a role in hematopoiesis. Multiple alternatively spliced transcripts have been described for this gene but the full-length nature of some of them has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in lymph node (RPKM 2.1), brain (RPKM 2.0) and 24 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all