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Designing a Western blot for Sirt6? 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 SIRT6 Western Blot GuideFacts about NAD-dependent protein deacetylase sirtuin-6.
Deacetylation of nucleosomes interferes with RELA binding to target DNA. May be needed for the institution of WRN with telomeres during S-phase and for normal telomere maintenance.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Sirt6 |
| Uniprot: | P59941 |
| Entrez: | 50721 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| sirtuin family |

EC 3.5.1.-; NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-6; SIR2L6sir2-related protein type 6; SIR2-like protein 6; sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) 6 (S. cerevisiae); sirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2, S. cerevisiae, homolog) 6; sirtuin 6; sirtuin type 6
Mass (kDA):
36.92 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10 C1|10 39.72 cM |
| Sequence: | 10; |
Highest levels are found in muscle, thymus, spleen, brain and heart (at protein level).




PMID: 15795229 by Liszt G., et al. Mouse Sir2 homolog SIRT6 is a nuclear ADP-ribosyltransferase.
PMID: 16439206 by Mostoslavsky R., et al. Genomic instability and aging-like phenotype in the absence of mammalian SIRT6.
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