Purity: > 80% by SDS - PAGE Format: Liquid. 20mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH8.0) containing 20% glycerol, 0.1M NaCl, 1mM DTT. HDAC8, also known as histone deacetylase 8, belongs to class 1 of the histone deacetylase/acuc/apha family. This protein is biologically involved in skull morphogenesis and metabolic control of the ERR-alpha/PGC1-alpha transcriptional complex. 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. Recombinant human HDAC8 protein, fused to His-tag at C-terminus, was expressed in Sf9 insect cell and purified by using conventional chromatography.