| id | GO:0004407 Detailed information
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| name | histone deacetylase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| 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]
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| xref | EC:3.5.1.-
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| xref | MetaCyc:3.5.1.98-RXN
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| is_a | GO:0016811 ! hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides
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| is_a | GO:0033558 ! protein deacetylase activity
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| relationship | part_of GO:0016575 ! histone deacetylation
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