SAP30 (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entry O75446) is a component of the histone deacetylase complex, which also includes SIN3, SAP18, HDAC1, HDAC2, RbAp46, RbAp48. Histone acetylation and deacetylation play a key role in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. This complex only deacetylates core histone octamers, and is not able to deacetylate nucleosomal histones