histone deacetylase of the RPD3/HDA1 superfamily 18
Curator Summary
Encodes a protein with similarity to histone deacetylases, a class of chromatin remodeling factors which act on H3/H4 histones. Expressed in roots where it appears to regulate the expression of epidermal cell fate genes controlling hair cell differentiation.
Computational Description
histone deacetylase of the RPD3/HDA1 superfamily 18 (HDA18); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Histone deacetylase superfamily (InterPro:IPR000286); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: histone deacetylase 5 (TAIR:AT5G61060.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).