SIRT1 (sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) 1 (S. cerevisiae))

Polyclonal antibody produced in rabbits immunized with a synthetic peptide corresponding to a region of Human SIRT1.

Tumor Suppressor Genes & Apoptosis

NAD-dependent deacetylase which regulates processes such as apoptosis and muscle differentiation by deacetylating key proteins. Deacetylates \' Lys-382\' of p53/TP53 and impairs its ability to induce proapoptotic program and modulate cell senescence. Deacetylates TAF1B and thereby represses rDNA transcription by the RNA polymerase I. Involved in HES1- and HEY2-mediated transcriptional repression. Inhibits skeletal muscle differentiation by deacetylating PCAF and MYOD1. May serve as a sensor of the cytosolic ratio of NAD(+)/NADH which is essential in skeletal muscle cell differentiation. Despite some ability to deacetylate histones in vitro such activity is either weak or inexistent in vivo. In case of HIV-1 infection interacts with and deacetylates the viral Tat protein.

Inhibited by nicotinamide. Activated by resveratrol (3 5 4\' -trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) butein (3 4 2\' 4\' -tetrahydroxychalcone) piceatannol (3 5 3\' 4\' -tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene) Isoliquiritigenin (4 2\' 4\' -trihydroxychalcone) fisetin (3 7 3\' 4\' -tetrahydroxyflavone) and quercetin (3 5 7 3\' 4\' -pentahydroxyflavone).

Nucleus. Note=Recruited to the nuclear bodies via its interaction with PML.

Red wine which contains resveratrol may participate in activation of sirtuin proteins and may therefore participate in an extended lifespan as it has been observed in yeast.

Contains 1 deacetylase sirtuin-type domain. Summary: This protein is a member of the sirtuin family of proteins homologs to the yeast Sir2 protein. Members of the sirtuin family are characterized by a sirtuin core domain and grouped into four classes. The functions of human sirtuins have not yet been determined; however yeast sirtuin proteins are known to regulate epigenetic gene silencing and suppress recombination of rDNA. Studies suggest that the human sirtuins may function as intracellular regulatory proteins with mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. The protein encoded by this gene is included in class I of the sirtuin family. Solomon. J. M. . et al. . (2006) Mol. Cell. Biol. 26 (1). 28-38.