EOG8R52MB GO:0004407 1/2 histone deacetylase activity molecular_function "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:3.5.1.98, PMID:9893272]