| HGNC approved symbol | HDAC2 |
| HGNC ID | HGNC:4853 |
| HGNC approved name | histone deacetylase 2 |
| Entrez gene ID | GeneID:3066
(SSTAR profile) |
| UniProt AC (human) | Q92769 |
| UniProt ID (human) | HDAC2_HUMAN |
| Pfam domains | Hist_deacetyl PF00850 (29-319) |
| MGI symbol | Hdac2 |
| MGI ID | MGI:1097691 |
| UniProt AC (mouse) | P70288 |
| UniProt ID (mouse) | HDAC2_MOUSE |
| HGNC gene family tag | # |
| HGNC gene family description | # |
| Function | Histone modification erase |
| Modification | Histone acetylation |
| PMID for information on function | PMID:9346952 |
| Protein complex | SWI/SNF_Brg1(I), SWI/SNF_Brg1(II), SWI/SNF_Brm, NuRD, BHC, MeCP1, mSin3A, core HDAC, mSin3A-like complex, RING2-L3MBTL2, LSD-CoREST |
| Target molecule | histone |
| Target entity | H2AKac, H2BKac, H3Kac, H4Kac |
| Product | H2AK, H2BK, H3K, H4K |
| PMID for information on target | PMID:9346952 |
| Comment | HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3 constitute a human HDAC family. All three proteins possess histone deacetylase activity, and repress transcription when bound to a promoter. |
| Status of entry | # |