Sirtuins
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005838
A homologous family of regulatory enzymes that are structurally related to the protein silent mating type information regulator 2 (Sir2) found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sirtuins contain a central catalytic core region which binds NAD. Several of the sirtuins utilize NAD to deacetylate proteins such as histones and are categorized as Group III histone deacetylases. Several other sirtuin members utilize NAD to transfer ADP-ribose to proteins and are categorized as mono ADP-ribose transferases, while a third group of sirtuins appears to have both deacetylase and ADP ribose transferase activities.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005838 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | sirtuin 2; sirtuin 3 |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Histone deacetylase |
| Translations | Spanish: sirtuinas |
Record as JSON
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"synonyms": [
"sirtuin 2",
"sirtuin 3"
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"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
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],
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"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "sirtuinas"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/sirtuins/"
}
Record 5,750 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.