Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy

Class	HDAC	Localization	Representative PDB code	Numbers of amino acids
I	1	Nuclear	4BKX	483
2	Nuclear	3MAX	488
3	Nuclear/cytoplasmic	4A69	428
8	Nuclear	5VI6	377
IIA	4	Nuclear/cytoplasmic	5ZOO	1,084
5	Nuclear/cytoplasmic	-	1,122
7	Nuclear/cytoplasmic	3C0Y	912
9	Nuclear/cytoplasmic	1TQE	1,069
IIB	6	Cytoplasmic	3PHD	1,215
10	Cytoplasmic	6WDY	669
IV	11	Nuclear	-	347

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Author contributions

DIA, EDdA, and PTG: Conceptualization. DIA, NHP, and LSH: Investigation, Data collection. DIA: Writing—original draft. DIA, EDdA, OHK, RM, NHP, LSH, and PTG: Writing—review & editing. DIA, EDdA, OHK, RM, and PTG: Validation. DIA and PTG: Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

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