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Gene information for SIRT6 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID51548
Official gene symbolSIRT6
Full namesirtuin (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) 6 (S. cerevisiae)
Aliases,SIR2L6,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes a member of the sirtuin family of proteins, homologs to the yeast Sir2 protein. Members of the sirtuin family are characterized by a sirtuin core domain and grouped into four classes. The functions of human sirtuins have not yet been determined; however, yeast sirtuin proteins are known to regulate epigenetic gene silencing and suppress recombination of rDNA. Studies suggest that the human sirtuins may function as intracellular regulatory proteins with mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. The protein encoded by this gene is included in class IV of the sirtuin family. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
LocationChromosome: 19   Locus: 19p13.3
Gene position4182596 - 4174106  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size8491 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID606211