Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7695013 Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Sirtuin NAD+-dependent deacetylation proceeds via a novel enzymatic mechanism. ► Deacetylation via an ADPR-imidate enables regulation by NAD+ and nicotinamide. ► Chemical probes of sirtuins have increased understanding of the imidate mechanism. ► Lysine acyl modifications beyond acetylation are deacylated by select sirtuins.
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