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Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Oct 30;1804(8):1666–1675. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.10.022

Table 1. Non-histone substrates and interacting proteins of SIRT1.

SIRT1 Deacetylation Substrate Consequence of Deacetylation Biological Outcome References
AR Inhibition Transcriptional repression of target gene [48, 49]
BMAL1 Inhibition of BMAL1-CRY1 interaction, leading to transcription activation Maintenance of circadian clock [46, 105]
E2F1 Inhibition Anti-apoptotic, negative feedback regulation of SIRT1 expression [129]
ERα Inhibition of DNA binding activity Transcriptional repression of target gene [47]
FOXO1, FOXO3a, FOXO4 Inhibition or activation, context dependent Regulation of stress resistance, cell survival, angiogenesis, gluconeogenesis, and adipocyte function [44, 45, 61, 76, 130-133]
Ku70 Activation Anti-apoptotic [58]
HIF-2α Activation Positive regulation of stress response to hypoxia [51]
LXR Ubiquitylation and activation of LXR Regulation of cholesterol homeostasis [50]
MEF2 Repression of target gene expression Negative regulation of myogenesis [134]
MyoD Repression of target gene expression Negative regulation of myogenesis [135]
p53 Inhibition Anti-apoptotic, cell survival [42, 43, 136, 137]
p73 Inhibition Anti-apoptotic [138]
p300 Inhibition of HAT activity Transcription repression [28]
PCAF Inhibition of p73 expression Negative regulation of the E2F1/p73 apoptotic pathway [139]
PCAF and GCN5 Deacetylation of PCAF and MyoD in a SIRT1/PCAF/MyoD complex, repression of target gene expression Negative regulation of myogenesis [135]
Per2 Per2 degradation and activation of target gene transcription Maintenance of circadian clock [106]
PGC-1a Activation Regulation of mitochondrial function and glucose and lipid metabolism [52-57]
RelA/p65 (NF-κB) Inhibition Pro-apoptotic in response to TNFα; anti-apoptotic in neuronal cells [140, 141]
Smad7 Ubiquitylation and degradation of Smad7 Inhibition of TGFβ-induced apoptosis [142]
Sox9 Activation Activation of cartilage-specific gene expression [103]
SUV39H1 Activation H3K9 trimethylation, reduced rRNA transcription [30, 31]
TAFI68 Inhibition of DNA binding activity Repression of RNA Pol I-dependent rRNA transcription [143]
SIRT1 Interacting Protein Consequence of interaction Biological Outcome References
CTIP1 and CTIP2 H3 and H4 deacetylation Transcription repression [144, 145]
HES1 and HEY2 Transcription repression Regulation of cell differentiation [146, 147]
HIC1 Recruitment of SIRT1 to its own promoter Feedback inhibition of SIRT1 expression [148]
NCoR and SMRT Transcription repression Inhibition of PPARγ-dependent gene expression in adipocytes [149]
Tat Recycling of Tat Activation of HIV transcription [150]