title: Histone deacetylase activity assay.
abstract: Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are enzymes that catalyze the removal of acetyl groups from the epsilon-amino groups of conserved lysine residues in the amino terminal tail of histones. In humans, there are 18 potential deacetylase enzymes that are responsible for the removal of acetyl groups and maintenance of the equilibrium of lysine acetylation on histones. Like most histone modification enzymes, accumulating evidence suggests that many, if not all, HDACs can also modify non-histone proteins. The focus of this article is to provide up-to-date, easy to follow, approaches and techniques specifically for the assay of HDAC enzymatic activities.
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rezai-Zadeh
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods*; D002460:Cell Line; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D006655:Histone Deacetylases