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Facts about NAD-dependent protein deacetylase sirtuin-6.
Deacetylation of nucleosomes interferes with RELA binding to target DNA. May be needed for the institution of WRN with telomeres during S-phase and for normal telomere maintenance.
Mouse | |
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Gene Name: | Sirt6 |
Uniprot: | P59941 |
Entrez: | 50721 |
Belongs to: |
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sirtuin family |
EC 3.5.1.-; NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-6; SIR2L6sir2-related protein type 6; SIR2-like protein 6; sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) 6 (S. cerevisiae); sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2, S. cerevisiae, homolog) 6; sirtuin 6; sirtuin type 6
Mass (kDA):
36.92 kDA
Mouse | |
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Location: | 10 C1|10 39.72 cM |
Sequence: | 10; |
Highest levels are found in muscle, thymus, spleen, brain and heart (at protein level).
PMID: 15795229 by Liszt G., et al. Mouse Sir2 homolog SIRT6 is a nuclear ADP-ribosyltransferase.
PMID: 16439206 by Mostoslavsky R., et al. Genomic instability and aging-like phenotype in the absence of mammalian SIRT6.
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