Sirtuins caught in the act

被引:11
作者
Smith, Brian C. [1 ]
Denu, John M.
机构
[1] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Chem, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[2] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Biomol Chem, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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D O I
10.1016/j.str.2006.07.004
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 [生物化学与分子生物学]; 081704 [应用化学];
摘要
Sirtuins catalyze the NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylation of lysine residues. In this issue of Structure, Hoff et al. (2006) report the structure of a sirtuin homolog with both substrates bound, providing new insight into the catalytic mechanism.
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页码:1207 / 1208
页数:2
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