“…An acetyl group can be added to a lysine residue by histone acetyl transferases (HATs) and removed by histone deacetylases (HDACs). Based on their structure and homology to yeast histone deacetylases, HDACs are classified into four classes: class I HDACs (HDAC1, 2, 3, and 8); class II HDACs (HDAC4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10); class III HDACs (SIRT1-7); and class IV (HDAC11) (8,9). HDACs have been shown to be associated with many cell functions including cell growth, dedifferentiation, and proliferation and apoptosis (24,41) and have become a target for drug development to treat cancer, including acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, and breast cancer (43).…”