HDAC2 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene product belongs to the histone deacetylase family. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes, and are responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues at the N-terminal regions of core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). This protein forms transcriptional repressor complexes by associating with many different proteins, including YY1, a mammalian zinc-finger transcription factor. Thus, it plays an important role in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2010]

HDAC2: a transcriptional regulator of the histone deacetylase family, subfamily 1. Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation plays a role in epigenetic repression and transcriptional regulation, cell cycle progression and developmental events. Histone deacetylases act via the formation of large multiprotein complexes.

Protein type: Deacetylase; EC 3.5.1.98; Nuclear receptor co-regulator; Transcription, coactivator/corepressor

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 6q21

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; ESC/E(Z) complex; nuclear chromatin; nucleoplasm; nucleus; NuRD complex; protein complex; Sin3 complex

Molecular Function: chromatin binding; deacetylase activity; enzyme binding; histone deacetylase activity; NF-kappaB binding; nucleosomal DNA binding; protein binding; protein deacetylase activity; sequence-specific DNA binding; transcription factor binding

Biological Process: ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling; blood coagulation; chromatin remodeling; circadian regulation of gene expression; dendrite development; embryonic digit morphogenesis; epidermal cell differentiation; histone deacetylation; maintenance of chromatin silencing; negative regulation of apoptosis; negative regulation of MHC class II biosynthetic process; negative regulation of transcription factor activity; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; odontogenesis of dentine-containing teeth; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process; positive regulation of proteolysis; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent