Functions
Retracts the Cilium of the cell, which is necessary prior to mitosis of the cell.
HDAC also encourages cell motility and catalyzes α-tubulin deacetylation. as a result the enzyme also encourages cancer cell metastasis.
HDAC6 also affects transcription and translation by regulating the heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and stress granules (SGs), respectively.
HDAC6 is also known to bond with high affinity to ubiquitinated proteins. HDAC6 is also required in the formation of SG (Stress granule proteins, HDAC6 is instrumental in SG formation; pharmacological inhibition or genetic removal of HDAC6 abolished SG formation.
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