Types
The first sirtuin was identified in yeast (a lower eukaryote) and named sir2. In more complex mammals, there are seven known enzymes that act in cellular regulation, as sir2 does in yeast. These genes are designated as belonging to different classes, depending on their amino acid sequence structure. Several Gram positive prokaryotes as well as the Gram negative hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima possess sirtuins that are intermediate in sequence between classes. These are placed in class U.
Class | Subclass | Species | Intracellular location |
Activity | Function | |||
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Bacteria | Yeast | Mouse | Human | |||||
I | a | Sir2 or Sir2p, Hst1 or Hst1p |
Sirt1 | SIRT1 | nucleus, cytoplasm | deacetylase | metabolism inflammation |
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b | Hst2 or Hst2p | Sirt2 | SIRT2 | cytoplasm | deacetylase | cell cycle, tumorigenesis |
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Sirt3 | SIRT3 | nucleus and mitochondria |
deacetylase | metabolism | ||||
c | Hst3 or Hst3p, Hst4 or Hst4p |
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II | Sirt4 | SIRT4 | mitochondria | ADP-ribosyl transferase |
insulin secretion | |||
III | Sirt5 | SIRT5 | mitochondria | demalonylase, desuccinylase and deacetylase | ammonia detoxification | |||
IV | a | Sirt6 | SIRT6 | nucleus | Demyristoylase, depalmitoylase, ADP-ribosyl transferase and deacetylase |
DNA repair, metabolism, TNF secretion |
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b | Sirt7 | SIRT7 | nucleolus | deacetylase | rDNA transcription |
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U | cobB | regulation of acetyl-CoA synthetase |
metabolism |
Sirtuin list based on North/Verdin diagram.
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