Sub-cellular localization, expression and functions of Sirt6 during the cell cycle in HeLa cells.

ABSTRACT: Sirtuin 6 (Sirt6), a mammalian Sir2 (silent information regulator-2) ortholog, is an NAD (+) -dependent histone deacetylase that modulates chromatin structure and genomic stability. Sirt6 knockout cells demonstrate genomic instability, and a deficiency of Sirt6 in mice leads to an aging phenotype early in life. Some nuclear sirtuins, such as Sirt7, localize to the nucleolus, and others, such as Sirt1, are mainly found in the nucleoplasm, with a minor population in the nucleolus. However, Sirt6 has been reported to be a nucleoplasmic protein that is excluded from the nucleolus. Because of the importance of a protein's localization to its interactions and functions, we evaluated Sirt6 sub-cellular localization, expression and functions throughout the cell cycle in HeLa cells. Our results sho

SUBMITTER: Ardestani PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474665 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature