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Dual role of Zn2+ in maintaining structural integrity and suppressing deacetylase activity of SIRT1.
Journal of inorganic biochemistry - 1 Feb 2010
Chen Lei, Feng Yu, Zhou Yinqiu, Zhu Weiliang, Shen Xu, Chen Kaixian, Jiang Hualiang, Liu Dongxiang
Abstract excerpt
Zn(2+) directly participates in catalysis of histone deacetylase (HDAC) Classes I, II, IV enzymes while its role in HDAC Class III activity is not well established. Herein we investigated the effects of Zn(2+) on the deacetylase activity of sirtuin 1 (silent mating type information regulation 2 h...
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