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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Manag (Lond). 2012 May;2(3):243–257. doi: 10.2217/dmt.12.16

Table 1.

The identified substrates of sirtuins.

Sirtuin Known substrates Process involved Ref.
SIRT1 ACSS1: K661 Conversion of acetate to acetyl-CoA [169]
AR: K630 Androgen receptor signaling [170]
BMAL1: K537 Circadian rhythms [23]
β-catenin Suppression of tumorigenesis [171]
Cortactin Cell migration [172]
CREB: K136 Glucose and lipid metabolism [81]
CRTC2: K628 Gluconeogenesis [87]
DNMT1: K1349, 1415 DNA methylation [173]
eNOS: K496, K506 Endothelium vasodilation [174]
FOXO1: K242, K245, K262, K274, K294, K559 Transcription, autophagy, among others [175177]
FOXO3: K242, K245, K259, K271, K290, K569 Transcription [177,178]
FOXO4: K186, K189, K215, K237, K407 Transcription [177]
Histone H1: K26 Heterochromatin formation [179]
H2A.x DNA damage response [180]
H2A.z: K15 Cardiac hypertrophy [181]
Histone H3: K9 Chromatin remodeling [179]
Histone H3: K56 Chromatin remodeling [182]
Histone H4: K16 Chromatin remodeling [179]
HIV Tat: K50 HIV transcription [183]
HNF4α Transcription [184]
Ku70: K539, K542 DNA repair [148]
LKB1: K48 Cell proliferation and metabolism [130]
LXRα: K432 Lipid metabolism [97]
c-Myc: K323 Cell proliferation [185]
MyoD: K99, K102, K104 Muscle differentiation [186]
p53: K317, K370, K382 Cell survival and stress response [187,188]
p300: K102, K1024 Protein acetylation [189]
PARP1 Cell survival [190]
PCAF DNA damage response [186]
PER2 Circadian rhythms [22]
PGC-1α: K77, K144, K183, K253, K270, K277, K320, K412, K441, K450, K757, K778 Mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism [84]
PGC-1β Glucose and lipid metabolism [191]
NF-κBRelA/p65: K310 Transcription [192]
Rb: K873, 874 Cell cycle control [193]
Smad7: K64, K70 Apoptosis [194]
SREBP-1c: K289, K309 Lipid metabolism [95]
SUV39H1: K266 Heterochromatin formation [195]
TAF(I)68 rDNA transcription [196]
Zyxin Cytoskeletal dynamics [197]

SIRT2 CDC20 Mitosis [31]
CDH1 Mitosis [31]
FOXO1: K262, K265, K274 Adipogenesis and autophagy [33,35]
FOXO3: K242, K259, K290, K569 Oxidative stress and ubiquitination [30,116]
Histone H3: K56 DNA damage response [198]
Histone H4: K16 Mitosis [3]
NF-κBRelA/p65: K310 Transcription [34]
p53 Cell survival and stress response [199]
p300: K418, K423, K1542, K1546, K1549, K1699, K1704, K1707 Chromatin remodeling [200]
Par3: K831, K848, K881, K1327 Myelination [201]
PEPCK: K70, K71, K594 Gluconeogenesis [32]
PRLR Prolactin receptor dimerization [202]
α-tubulin: K40 Mitosis [36]

SIRT3 ACSS2: K635 Conversion of acetate to acetyl-CoA [169,203]
ALDH2: K377 Alcohol metabolism [38]
CYPD: K166 Mitochondrial PTP control [204]
GDH Glutamate oxidation and insulin secretion [56]
HMGCS2: K310, K447, K473 Ketogenesis [50]
IDH2 Anti-oxidative stress [48]
LCAD: K42 Fatty acid oxidation [53]
MRPL10: K124, K162, K196 Mitochondrial protein synthesis [47]
NDUF9A Mitochondrial ETC [54]
OTC: K88 Urea cycle [43]
SDH Mitochondrial ETC [205]
SOD2: K53, K68, K89, K122 Anti-oxidative stress [51]

SIRT4 GDH Glutamate oxidation and insulin secretion [8,9]

SIRT5 CPS1 Urea cycle [59]
CS Citric acid cycle [11]
GDH Amino acid-induced insulin secretion [11]
GOT2 Amino acid metabolism [11]
HMGCS2 Ketogenesis [11]
MDH Citric acid cycle [11]
TST Cyanide detoxification [11]

SIRT6 CtIP: K432, K526, K604 DNA repair [66]
H3K9 Chromatin remodeling [69]
H3K56 Chromatin remodeling [67,206]
PARP1: K521 (mono-ADP-ribosylation) DNA repair [60]

SIRT7 p53 Cell survival [72]

ETC: Electron transport chain; PTP: Permeability transition pore; Rb: Retinoblastoma.