histone deacetylase activity

id: GO:0004407
name: histone deacetylase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0017136NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity
GO:0031078histone deacetylase activity (H3-K14 specific)
GO:0032129histone deacetylase activity (H3-K9 specific)
GO:0034739histone deacetylase activity (H3-K16 specific)
GO:0045129NAD-independent histone deacetylase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016811hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides
GO:0033558protein deacetylase activity