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SUBMITTER: Jin L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2782032 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jin Lei L Wei Wentao W Jiang Yaobin Y Peng Hao H Cai Jianhua J Mao Chen C Dai Han H Choy Wendy W Bemis Jean E JE Jirousek Michael R MR Milne Jill C JC Westphal Christoph H CH Perni Robert B RB
The Journal of biological chemistry 20090616 36
SIRT3 is a major mitochondrial NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylase playing important roles in regulating mitochondrial metabolism and energy production and has been linked to the beneficial effects of exercise and caloric restriction. SIRT3 is emerging as a potential therapeutic target to treat metabolic and neurological diseases. We report the first sets of crystal structures of human SIRT3, an apo-structure with no substrate, a structure with a peptide containing acetyl lysine of its natural ...[more]