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SUBMITTER: Kaidi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3276839 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaidi Abderrahmane A Weinert Brian T BT Choudhary Chunaram C Jackson Stephen P SP
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20100901 5997
SIRT6 belongs to the sirtuin family of protein lysine deacetylases, which regulate aging and genome stability. We found that human SIRT6 has a role in promoting DNA end resection, a crucial step in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair by homologous recombination. SIRT6 depletion impaired the accumulation of replication protein A and single-stranded DNA at DNA damage sites, reduced rates of homologous recombination, and sensitized cells to DSB-inducing agents. We identified the DSB resection prot ...[more]