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Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2019 Mar 12;51:18–29. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.01.023

Table 2:

Recently reported deacetylation substrates of Sirtuins

SIRT1
Type Substrate Full name Modification Sites Functions Reference
Transcription Factors PRRX1 Paired related homeobox 1 K160 Upregulates KLF4 to promote cell sternness and migration through LDH1 upregulation [122]
KLF4 Kruppel-like factor 4 Unknown Regulates the ovarian cancer cell invasion by inducing the expression of Claudin-5 [123]
NFATcl Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 Unknown Polarization and recruitment of adipose tissue macrophages [124]
C/EBPα CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha K159, K298 Increases mitochondrial respiration by upregulating mitochondrial genes [125]
Others TET2 Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 K1468, K1472, K1473, K1478 Activates TET2 to ameliorate myelodysplastic syndrome [126]
MDM2 E3 ubiquitin ligase murine double minute 2 K182, K185 Promotes self-ubiquitination and degradation of MDM2, which stabilizes p53 to promote apoptosis in osteosarcoma [127]
DNMT3I DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3-like Unknown Destabilizes DNMT3I protein by direct deacetylation to promote ESCs differentiation [128]
RPA1 Replication Protein Al K163 Decreases interaction with XPA during DNA repair [52]
PABP1 Poly(A)-binding protein 1 K95 Retains of PABP1 and mRNA in the nucleus inhibiting protein translation [57]
9G8 SR protein 9G8 K24 Promotes the inclusion of tau exon 10. [58]
SIRT2
Histone H3 Histone H3 K18 Translocates SIRT2 into nucleus to deacetylate H3K18 to reprogram transcription, when Listeria monocytogenes infected [75]
Transcription Factors NFAT Nuclear factor of activated T-cells unknown Destabilizes NFATc2 and suppresses its nuclear localization, resulting in decreased transcription activity to cardiac homeostasis [129]
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2 K506, K508 Reduces NRF2 levels, to reduce ferroportin 1 expression and decrease iron export [130]
slug Slug K116 Stabilizes slug [73]
JNK c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases K153 Enhances ATP binding and enzymatic activity of JNK towards c-Jun; favors the phosphorylation of JNK by MKK4 [131]
p73 Tumor suppressor p73 K620, K623, K627 Suppresses its transcriptional activity, critical for tumorigenicity of glioblastoma cells [74]
Metabolism Enzyme ALDA Aldolase K322 Suppresses glycolytic enzyme activities, and regulates metabolic reprogramming during induced pluripotency [59]
ENO1 Enolase unknown Suppresses glycolytic enzyme activities, and regulates metabolic reprogramming during induced pluripotency [59]
PGK1 Phosphoglycerate Kinase 1 unknown Suppresses glycolytic enzyme activities, and regulates metabolic reprogramming during induced pluripotency [59]
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase unknown Suppresses glycolytic enzyme activities, and regulates metabolic reprogramming during induced pluripotency [59]
PKM2 M2 isoform of pyruvate kinase K305 Induces PKM2 activity by promoting tetramerization to the active enzymatic form [132]
Others ANKLE2 Ankyrin and LEM domain-containing protein 2 K302 Promotes ANKLE2 phosphorylation and nuclear envelope reassembly [133]
ATRIP ATR-interacting protein K32 Drives ATRIP phopshorylation and accumulation to DNA damage sites in response to replication stress [76]
GSK3 Glycogen synthase kinase 3 K246/K183 Enhances its binding to ATP [134]
SIRT6
Histone H3 Histone H3 K9 Silences Notch1/4, suppresses Notch signaling in podocytes [86]
H3 Histone H3 K9 Allows ADP-ribosylation in response to DNA damage [98]
H3 Histone H3 K56 Silences IGFBP2, activates AKT signaling in melanoma cell [87]
H3 Histone H3 K56 Promotes ATF4 destabilization from target genes [92]
H3 Histone H3 K9, K56 Silences LIN28b, suppresses let-7 target genes in pancreatic cancer [88]
H3 Histone H3 K9, K56 Transcriptionally suppresses long non-coding RNAH19 [89]
H3 Histone H3 K9, K56 Silences pluripotency genes in embryonic stem cells [90]
Transcription Factors p53 Tumor suppressor 53 K381 Destabilizes p53 [94]
PKM2 Pyruvate kinase M2 (nuclear) K433 Leads to nuclear export of nuclear PKM2, suppressing its transcription activity in hepatocellular carcinoma [95]
Others TRF2 Telomere repeat binding factor 2 K176, K179, K190 Destabilizes TRF2 in response to DNA damage [97]
SIRT7
Transcription Factors SP7/OSX Osterix K368 Promotes its transactivation activity in bone formation [135]
Others DDX21 DEAD-box RNA helicase K18, K137, K600 Augments helicase activity and overcomes R-loop-mediated stalling of RNA polymerases, safeguards genome stability [117]