Description
HDAC5 or Histone deacetylase 5 belongs to the class II histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family that possesses histone deacetylase activity and represses transcription when tethered to a promoter. HDAC 5 plays a critical role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression, and developmental events and also acts as a potential therapeutic target for the prevention of atherosclerosis. HDAC5 can co-immunoprecipitates with HDAC3 family members forming multicomplex proteins. HDAC5 can also interact with myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) proteins, resulting in repression of MEF2-dependent genes. HDAC5 gene is thought to be associated with colon cancer