Transcriptional silencing and longevity protein Sir2 is an NAD-dependent histone deacetylase.
Nature. 2000 Feb 17;403(6771):795-800. doi: 10.1038/35001622.
Nature. 2000.
PMID: 10693811
Lysines 9 and 14 of histone H3 and lysines 5, 8 and 16 of H4 are acetylated in active chromatin and hypoacetylated in silenced chromatin, and overexpression of Sir2 promotes global deacetylation of histones, indicating that Sir2 may be a histone deacetylase. ...Our …
Lysines 9 and 14 of histone H3 and lysines 5, 8 and 16 of H4 are acetylated in active chromatin and hypoacetylated in silenced chromatin, an …