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. 2012 Feb 12;7(3):357–367. doi: 10.1007/s12263-012-0283-9

Table 1.

Presentation of the different HDAC isoforms

HDAC Cellular localization Substrates
Class Member
I HDAC1 Nucleus Histones, DNMT1, SHP, ATM, MEF2, MyoD, p53, NF-κB, AR, BRCA1, MECP2, pRb
HDAC2 Nucleus Histones, NF-κB, GATA2, BRCA1, pRb, MECP
HDAC3 Nucleus Histones, HDAC4, 5, 7 et 9, SHP, GATA1, NF-κB, pRb
HDAC8 Mainly in the nucleus HSP70
IIa HDAC4 Nucleocytoplasmic traffic Histones, HDAC3, MEF2, CaM, 14-3-3
HDAC5 Nucleocytoplasmic traffic Histones, HDAC3, MEF2, CaM, 14-3-3
HDAC7 Nucleocytoplasmic traffic Histones, HDAC3, MEF2, CaM, 14-3-3, HIF-1α
HDAC9 Nucleus Histones, HDAC3, MEF2, CaM, 14-3-3
IIb HDAC6 Mainly in the cytoplasm HDAC11, SHP, PP1, α-tubulin, HSP90
HDAC10 Nucleus and cytoplasm LcoR, PP1
III SIRT1 Mainly in the nucleus FOXO, p53, p300, NF-κB, histones
SIRT2 Nucleus and cytoplasm Histone H4, α-tubulin, PPAR-γ, FOXO, p53, p300
SIRT3b Mitochondria PGC-1α, FOXO, p53, Ku70, Acetyl-CoA synthetase 2, complex I
SIRT4a Mitochondria Glutamate dehydrogenase
SIRT5 Mitochondria Cytochrome c, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1
SIRT6b Nucleus Histone H3, TNF-α
SIRT7 Mainly in the nucleus p53, RNA polymerase I
IV HDAC11 Nucleus HDAC6

AR androgen receptor, ATM ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated, BRCA breast cancer, CaM calmodulin, CoA co-enzyme A, DNMT DNA methyltransferase, FOXO forkhead box O, GATA GATA binding protein, HDAC histone deacetylase, HIF hypoxia-inducible factor, HSP heat shock protein, LcoR ligand-dependent receptor co-repressor, MECP methyl-CpG-binding domain protein, MEF myocyte enhancer factor, NF-κB nuclear transcription factor-kappa B, PGC peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator, PP1 protein phosphatase, PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, pRb retinoblastoma protein, SHP Src homology region 2-domain-containing phosphatase, SIRT sirtuin, TNF tumor necrosis factor

aSIRT4 is an ADP-ribosyltransferase and lacks deacetylase activity

bSIRT3 and 6 possess, in addition to their deacetylase activity, the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (adapted from Folmer et al. 2010)