title: The Sir proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: mediators of transcriptional silencing and much more.
abstract: The Sir2, Sir3, and Sir4 proteins of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae elicit transcriptional silencing by forming repressive chromatin structures that are confined to specific chromosomal domains. Recent discoveries establish new and unexpected roles for the proteins in seemingly unrelated arenas of chromosome biology, including double-strand break repair, structure and function of the nucleolus, aging, cell cycle regulation, and checkpoint control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. gartenbe@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gartenberg
mesh_terms: D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D015534:Trans-Activators; C087778:SIR2 protein, S cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2; D037761:Sirtuins; D006655:Histone Deacetylases