| EC |
2.3.1.48 |
| Accepted name: |
histone acetyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
acetyl-CoA + histone = CoA + acetylhistone |
| Other name(s): |
nucleosome-histone acetyltransferase; histone acetokinase; histone acetylase; histone transacetylase |
| Systematic name: |
acetyl-CoA:histone acetyltransferase |
| Comments: |
A group of enzymes with differing specificities towards histone acceptors. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, METACYC, PDB, CAS registry number: 9054-51-7 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Gallwitz, D. and Sures, I. Histone acetylation. Purification and properties of three histone-specific acetyltransferases from rat thymus nuclei. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 263 (1972) 315–328. [PMID: 5031160] |
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