SIRT3, a human SIR2 homologue, is an NAD-dependent deacetylase localized to mitochondria.
The SIR2 (silent information regulator 2) gene family has diverse functions in yeast including gene silencing, DNA repair, cell-cycle progression, and chromosome fidelity in meiosis and aging. Human homologues, termed sirtuins, are highly conserved but are of unknown function. We previously identified a large imprinted gene domain on 11p15.5 and investigated the 11p15.5 sirtuin SIRT3. Although this gene was not imprinted, we found that it is localized to mitochondria, with a mitochondrial targeting signal within a unique N-terminal peptide sequence. The encoded protein was found also to possess NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetylase activity. These results suggest a previously unrecognized organelle for sirtuin function and that the role of SIRT3 in mitochondria involves protein deacetylation.
Onyango
Patrick
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Institute of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1064 Ross, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Celic
Ivana
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McCaffery
J Michael
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Boeke
Jef D
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Feinberg
Andrew P
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019295:Computational Biology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D056566:Sirtuin 3; D037761:Sirtuins; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C466093:SIRT3 protein, human; D056566:Sirtuin 3; D037761:Sirtuins; D006655:Histone Deacetylases