NCBI Accession #
NP_568480.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_122505.4
NCBI Official Full Name
histone deacetylase 2
NCBI Official Symbol
HDA2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
HISTONE DEACETYLASE; histone deacetylase 2; T1N24.9; T1N24_9
NCBI Protein Information
histone deacetylase 2
NCBI Summary
Class III RPD3 type protein. Encodes HDA2, a member of the histone deacetylase family proteins.
UniProt Protein Name
Histone deacetylase 2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q944K3
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q3E940; Q8LRK7; Q9XH00
UniProt Related Accession #
Q944K3
UniProt Comments
Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes .