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Name SIRT6
Type histone modification
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue Human 293T and U2OS cell lines (ATCC)
Experiment Method Histone deacetylation assays and mass spectrometry,Immunofluorescence,Co-immunoprecipitation,Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP),ChIP-sequencing and computational analysis,RT-PCR,Senescence-associated B-galactosidase assay,Northern blot
Up/Down NA
Pro/Anti Anti
Funtion Description At pericentric heterochromatin, SIRT6 promotes deacetylation of a new substrate, residue K18 of histone H3 (H3K18), and inactivation of SIRT6 in cells leads to H3K18 hyperacetylation and aberrant accumulation of pericentric transcripts. Strikingly, deplet
Regulation Gene SIRT6
Year 2016
Pubmed ID 27043296
Title SIRT6 deacetylates H3K18ac at pericentric chromatin to prevent mitotic errors and cellular senescence.
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA