"Histone Deacetylases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Deacetylases that remove N-acetyl groups from amino side chains of the amino acids of HISTONES. The enzyme family can be divided into at least three structurally-defined subclasses. Class I and class II deacetylases utilize a zinc-dependent mechanism. The sirtuin histone deacetylases belong to class III and are NAD-dependent enzymes.
| Descriptor ID |
D006655
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.520
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| Concept/Terms |
Histone Deacetylases- Histone Deacetylases
- Deacetylases, Histone
- Histone Deacetylase
- Deacetylase, Histone
- HDAC Proteins
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