Tags: Protein.
Histone deacetylase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HDAC6 gene.Histones play a critical role in transcriptional regulation cell cycle progression and developmental events. Histone acetylation/deacetylation alters chromatin structure and affects transcription. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class II of the histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. It contains an internal duplication of two catalytic domains that appear to function independently of each other.