Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 55869
Gene name Histone deacetylase 8
Gene symbol HDAC8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CDA07CDLS5HD8HDACL1KDAC8MRXS6RPD3WTS
Chromosome X
Chromosome location Xq13.1
Summary Histones play a critical role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression, and developmental events. Histone acetylation/deacetylation alters chromosome structure and affects transcription factor access to DNA. The protein encoded by this gene b
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs146015223 G>A,T Benign, pathogenic 5 prime UTR variant, stop gained, synonymous variant, intron variant, non coding transcript variant, genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant
rs397515415 G>A,T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, 5 prime UTR variant, synonymous variant, stop gained, non coding transcript variant, intron variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs397515416 T>C Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, 5 prime UTR variant, non coding transcript variant, intron variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs397515417 G>A Pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, genic downstream transcript variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs397515418 T>C Pathogenic Non coding transcript variant, genic downstream transcript variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT003761 hsa-miR-449a Western blot 19252524
MIRT440521 hsa-miR-218-5p HITS-CLIP 23212916
MIRT440521 hsa-miR-218-5p HITS-CLIP 23212916
MIRT731866 hsa-miR-216b-5p FlowLuciferase reporter assayqRT-PCRWestern blot 26408293
MIRT731866 hsa-miR-216b-5p FlowLuciferase reporter assayqRT-PCRWestern blot 26408293
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
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Transcription factor Regulation Reference
SOX4 Activation 23482931
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000118 Component Histone deacetylase complex IBA
GO:0000118 Component Histone deacetylase complex TAS 12711221
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II TAS 10748112
GO:0000228 Component Nuclear chromosome TAS 10748112
GO:0004407 Function Histone deacetylase activity IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
300269 13315 ENSG00000147099
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9BY41
Protein name Histone deacetylase 8 (HD8) (EC 3.5.1.98) (Protein deacetylase HDAC8) (EC 3.5.1.-) (Protein decrotonylase HDAC8) (EC 3.5.1.-)
Protein function Histone deacetylase that catalyzes the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) (PubMed:10748112, PubMed:10922473, PubMed:10926844, PubMed:14701748, PubMed:28497810). Histone deacetylatio
PDB 1T64 , 1T67 , 1T69 , 1VKG , 1W22 , 2V5W , 2V5X , 3EW8 , 3EWF , 3EZP , 3EZT , 3F06 , 3F07 , 3F0R , 3MZ3 , 3MZ4 , 3MZ6 , 3MZ7 , 3RQD , 3SFF , 3SFH , 4QA0 , 4QA1 , 4QA2 , 4QA3 , 4QA4 , 4QA5 , 4QA6 , 4QA7 , 4RN0 , 4RN1 , 4RN2 , 5BWZ , 5D1B , 5D1C , 5D1D , 5DC5 , 5DC6 , 5DC7 , 5DC8 , 5FCW , 5THS , 5THT , 5THU , 5THV , 5VI6 , 6HSK , 6ODA , 6ODB , 6ODC , 7JVU
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00850 Hist_deacetyl 31 322 Histone deacetylase domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Weakly expressed in most tissues. Expressed at higher level in heart, brain, kidney and pancreas and also in liver, lung, placenta, prostate and kidney. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10926844, ECO:0000269|PubMed:14701748, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1577
Sequence
Sequence length 377
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Cell cycle
Neutrophil extracellular trap formation
Alcoholism
Viral carcinogenesis
  Separation of Sister Chromatids
Resolution of Sister Chromatid Cohesion
Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 PEST Domain Mutants
Constitutive Signaling by NOTCH1 HD+PEST Domain Mutants
HDACs deacetylate histones
Notch-HLH transcription pathway
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Cornelia de Lange syndrome 1 Pathogenic rs886041936, rs1569316085, rs1602491207 RCV000856789
RCV001813791
RCV000856730
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Cornelia de Lange syndrome 5 Pathogenic; Likely pathogenic rs146015223, rs2147614590, rs2148144488, rs2147614771, rs2147618568, rs2148045934, rs2148131678, rs2148039184, rs2148039062, rs2147618372, rs587783663, rs2520355610, rs2520419268, rs797045613, rs797045612
View all (35 more)
RCV001389995
RCV001385501
RCV001788538
RCV001779391
RCV001783417
View all (48 more)
★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
HDAC8-related disorder Pathogenic rs398122888 RCV003415747
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Intellectual disability Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs1603060007, rs1603069440, rs2051864063 RCV000851522
RCV000851491
RCV001260722
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS — Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
CLINODACTYLY OF THE 5TH FINGER — Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
CORNELIA DE LANGE SYNDROME — ClinGen, Disgenet, GWAS catalog, Orphanet
ClinGen, Disgenet, GWAS catalog, Orphanet
ClinGen, Disgenet, GWAS catalog, Orphanet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
DESBUQUOIS SYNDROME — CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Accessory nipple Accessory Nipple CLINVAR_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acne Acne BEFREE 30737272
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Acne Vulgaris Acne BEFREE 30737272
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adult T-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia T-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia BEFREE 23482931
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anus, Imperforate Imperforate anus CLINVAR_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anxiety Anxiety Disorder HPO_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal Aortic aneurysm Pubtator 25993293 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Arachnoid Cysts Arachnoid cyst CLINVAR_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial Septal Defect HPO_DG
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial Septal Defect CLINVAR_DG
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations