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Designing a Western blot for SIRT5? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the SIRT5 Western Blot GuideFacts about NAD-dependent protein deacylase sirtuin-5, mitochondrial.
Activates SOD1 by mediating its desuccinylation, resulting in decreased reactive oxygen species (PubMed:24140062). Activates SHMT2 by mediating its desuccinylation (PubMed:29180469).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SIRT5 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NXA8 |
| Entrez: | 23408 |

| Belongs to: |
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| sirtuin family |

EC 3.5.1; EC 3.5.1.-; FLJ36950; NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-5; silent mating type information regulation 2, S.cerevisiae, homolog 5; SIR2L5; sir2-like 5; SIR2-like protein 5; SIRT5; sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) 5 (S. cerevisiae); sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2, S.cerevisiae, homolog) 5; Sirtuin 5; sirtuin type 5
Mass (kDA):
33.881 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p23 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (13574217..13615158) |
Widely expressed.
Mitochondrion matrix. Mitochondrion intermembrane space. Cytoplasm, cytosol. Nucleus. Mainly mitochondrial. Also present extramitochondrially, with a fraction present in the cytosol and very small amounts also detected in the nucleus.; [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm. Mitochondrion.; [Isoform 2]: Mitochondrion.





PMID: 10381378 by Frye R.A.; Characterization of five human cDNAs with homology to the yeast SIR2 gene: Sir2-like proteins (sirtuins) metabolize NAD and may have protein ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.
PMID: 16079181 by Michishita E., et al. Evolutionarily conserved and nonconserved cellular localizations and functions of human SIRT proteins.