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Gene

HDAC2

histone deacetylase 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q21
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 113,933,028–113,971,148 (GRCh38)
Exons
14 exons across 38.1 kb
Protein
488 amino acids
Also known as
RPD3, YAF1, KDAC2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000519065.6NM_001527.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How HDAC2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where HDAC2 sits. HDAC2 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 113,452,088 to 114,452,087.Chromosome 66q21p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27113.6 Mb113.8 Mb114 Mb114.2 Mb114.4 MbMARCKS: 113,857,334–113,864,997, forward strandMARCKSHDAC2: 113,933,028–113,971,148, reverse strandHDAC2HS3ST5: 114,055,093–114,343,209, reverse strandHS3ST5Diagram of HDAC2: 14 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 14: 113,933,028–113,941,088, 8,061 basesExon 13: 113,941,708–113,941,765, 58 basesExon 12: 113,943,351–113,943,506, 156 basesExon 11: 113,944,280–113,944,410, 131 basesExon 10: 113,945,362–113,945,470, 109 basesExon 9: 113,946,008–113,946,148, 141 basesExon 8: 113,948,979–113,949,087, 109 basesExon 7: 113,949,168–113,949,260, 93 basesExon 6: 113,953,277–113,953,418, 142 basesExon 5: 113,956,013–113,956,151, 139 basesExon 4: 113,956,619–113,956,693, 75 basesExon 3: 113,958,649–113,958,766, 118 basesExon 2: 113,959,906–113,960,018, 113 basesExon 1: 113,970,857–113,971,148, 292 bases141210864215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 9.7 kb of the gene's 38.1 kb; 1,467 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HDAC2 gene: histone deacetylase 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hdac2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HDAC2 gene: histone deacetylase 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hdac2

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