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. 2020 Oct 4;16(8):838–850. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1827723

Table 1.

Classification of mammalian type A and type B HATs, their substrates, and cellular localization

Family Member name Typology Histone and non-histone substrates Localization
GNAT HAT1 (KAT1)
HAT4 (NAA60)
GNC5 (KAT2A)
PCAF (KAT2B)ELP3 (KAT9)ATAT-1 (MEC-17)
type-B
type-B
type-A
type-A
H4, H2A
H4, H2A
H3, H4, H2A, CDC6, CDK9, cyclin D1, cyclin E1 and E2F1, HDM2, PTEN, c-myc, TBX5, PLK4, CEBPB
H3, H4, p53, CDK9, c-myc, Foxo1, AR, TBX5, PLK4, ACLY
H4, H2A, H3
α-Tubulin, cortactin
Nucleus, cytosol
Cytosol
Nucleus
Nucleus
Cytosol
p300/CBP CBP (KAT3A)
p300 (KAT3B)
type-A
type-A
NF-kappaB, c-myb, Foxo1, NCOA3, PCNA, KLF1, transcription factor MafG, IRF-2
H2A, H2B, H3, NF-kappaB, c-myc, p53, STAT3, β-catenin, Foxo1, AR, ALX1, SIRT2, HDAC1, BCL6, MTA1, XBP1 isoform 2, PCNA, MEF2D, ZBTB7B
Nucleus
Nucleus
MYST Tip60 (KAT5)
MOZ (KAT6A)
MORF (KAT6B)
HBO1 (KAT7)
MOF (KAT8)
type-A
type-A
type-A
type-A type-A
H4, H2A, ATM, TRRAP, E2F1, c-myc, NR1D2, FOXP3, RAN
H3, p53
H3, H4
H4, p53
Nucleus
Nucleus
Nucleus
Nucleus
Nucleus
Nuclear receptor coactivators SRC-1   H3, H4 Nucleus
Transcription factor complexes TAF1/TBP (KAT4)
TFIIIC90 (KAT12)
  H3, H4
H3
Nucleus
Nucleus