CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily N-acetyl transferase-like
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.3.1.48
Histone acetyltransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q08649
Acetyl-CoA + [protein]-L-lysine = CoA + [protein]-N(6)-acetyl-L-lysine.
-!- A group of enzymes acetylating histones. -!- Several of the enzymes can also acetylate lysines in other proteins.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q08649
ESA1_YEAST
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Histone acetyltransferase ESA1

PDB Structure

PDB 1MJB
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The catalytic mechanism of the ESA1 histone acetyltransferase involves a self-acetylated intermediate.
Yan, Y., Harper, S., Speicher, D.W., Marmorstein, R.
Nat.Struct.Biol.