Category:GO:0004407 ! histone deacetylase activity

name: histone deacetylase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the reaction: histone N6-acetyl-L-lysine + H2O = histone L-lysine + acetate. This reaction represents the removal of an acetyl group from a histone, a class of proteins complexed to DNA in chromatin and chromosomes." [EC:3.5.1.-, PMID:9893272]
xref: EC:3.5.1.-
xref: MetaCyc:3.5.1.98-RXN
is_a: GO:0016811 ! hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides
is_a: GO:0033558 ! protein deacetylase activity

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 5 child terms, out of 5 total.

• [+] GO:0017136 ! NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity (3)
• [+] GO:0031078 ! histone deacetylase activity (H3-K14 specific) (1)
• [+] GO:0032129 ! histone deacetylase activity (H3-K9 specific) (1)
• [  ] GO:0034739 ! histone deacetylase activity (H3-K16 specific)
• [  ] GO:0045129 ! NAD-independent histone deacetylase activity

Pages in category "GO:0004407 ! histone deacetylase activity"

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