The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen K(lysine) Acetyltransferase 8 across different species:

MYST histone acetyltransferase 1 (Myst1), MYST histone acetyltransferase 1 (MYST1), MYST histone acetyltransferase 1 (myst1), K(lysine) acetyltransferase 8 (MYST1), MYST histone acetyltransferase 1 (LOC100341732)

Other aliases include:

MOF, KAT8, D7Ertd629e, 2010203C02Rik, 5830450F21Rik, hMOF, FLJ14040, myst1, MGC66387, MGC174814, zgc:66387, wu:fb22g02, wu:fj22d09, MYST1, MGC149016

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen K(lysine) Acetyltransferase 8:

MYST histone acetyltransferase 1 – histone acetyltransferase Myst1 – histone acetyltransferase MYST1 – MOZ, YBF2/SAS3, SAS2 and TIP60 protein 1 – ortholog of Drosophila males absent on the first (MOF) – K(lysine) acetyltransferase 8 – probable histone acetyltransferase MYST1-like

K(lysine) Acetyltransferase 8 fulfills a number of functions:

acetyltransferase activity – acyltransferase activity – chromatin binding – enzyme binding – histone acetyltransferase activity – metal ion binding – transferase activity – transferase activity, transferring acyl groups other than amino-acyl groups – zinc ion binding – transcription factor binding

K(lysine) Acetyltransferase 8 is relevant to the following processes:

chromatin assembly or disassembly – chromatin modification – regulation of transcription – transcription – histone acetylation – myeloid cell differentiation – negative regulation of transcription – positive regulation of transcription

Locations for K(lysine) Acetyltransferase 8:

chromatin – kinetochore – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology