OBSOLETE. Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + H2O = ADP + phosphate. The hydrolysis of ATP required for the ATP-dependent assembly of nucleosome cores, in decondensation of sperm chromatin and in other histone-involving processes.
Source:EC:3.6.4.11
Comment
This term was made obsolete because it represents a class of gene products, and its definition incorporates process information.