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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2012 Mar 7;13(4):225–238. doi: 10.1038/nrm3293

Table 1. Sirtuin localization and function.

Sirtuin Class Localization Activity Targets References
SIRT1 I Nuclear, cytosolic Deacetylation PGC1α, FOXO1, FOXO3, p53, NOTCH, NF-κB, HIF1α, LXR, FXR, SREBP-1c, and more 5,30,32,33,39,41,42
SIRT2 I Cytosolic Deacetylation Tubulin, PEPCK, FOXO1, PAR-3 5861
SIRT3 I Mitochondrial Deacetylation LCAD, HMGCS2, SOD2, GDH, IDH2, OXPHOS complexes, and more 4649,5157
SIRT4 II Mitochondrial ADP-ribosylation GDH 17
SIRT5 III Mitochondrial Deacetylation, demalonylation, desuccinylation CPS1 2123
SIRT6 IV Nuclear Deacetylation, ADP-ribosylation H3K9, H3K56 14,1820,63
SIRT7 IV Nucleolus Unknown unknown 15,64