Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

SIRT7 is a histone desuccinylase that functionally links to chromatin compaction and genome stability

  • Lei Li,
  • Lan Shi,
  • Shangda Yang,
  • Ruorong Yan,
  • Di Zhang,
  • Jianguo Yang,
  • Lin He,
  • Wanjin Li,
  • Xia Yi,
  • Luyang Sun,
  • Jing Liang,
  • Zhongyi Cheng,
  • Lei Shi,
  • Yongfeng Shang,
  • Wenhua Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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SIRT7 is a member of sirtuin family proteins that are described as NAD+-dependent class III histone deacetylases. Here, the authors show that SIRT7 is histone desuccinylase catalysing H3K122 desuccinylation, thereby promoting chromatin condensation and repair of DNA double strand breaks.