Sirtuin 2
 
																	
																		 
																	
																		
																	 
																	
																		 
																	
																		
																	 
																	
																			
																					
	"Sirtuin 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				A sirtuin family member found primarily in the CYTOPLASM. It is a multifunctional enzyme that contains a NAD-dependent deacetylase activity that is specific for HISTONES and a mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.
    
			 
			
				
				
					
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							D056565
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							 D08.811.277.087.520.200.650.200 D08.811.913.400.725.115.961.200 D12.776.476.900.200 
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							Sirtuin 2- Sirtuin 2
 - Silent Mating Type Information Regulation 2 Homolog 2
 
  
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 | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Sirtuin 2" by people in Profiles. 
						
					
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Wortham M, Ramms B, Zeng C, Benthuysen JR, Sai S, Pollow DP, Liu F, Schlichting M, Harrington AR, Liu B, Prakash TP, Pirie EC, Zhu H, Baghdasarian S, Lee ST, Ruthig VA, Wells KL, Auwerx J, Shirihai OS, Sander M. The protein deacetylase SIRT2 exerts metabolic control over adaptive ß cell proliferation. J Clin Invest. 2025 Oct 01; 135(19). 
															
								 
							
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Alimova I, Wang D, DeSisto J, Danis E, Lakshmanachetty S, Prince E, Murdock G, Pierce A, Donson A, Balakrishnan I, Serkova N, Lin H, Foreman NK, Dahl N, Venkataraman S, Vibhakar R. SIRT2 Regulates the SMARCB1 Loss-Driven Differentiation Block in ATRT. Mol Cancer Res. 2025 Jun 03; 23(6):515-529. 
															
								 
							
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Siegel D, Bersie S, Harris P, Di Francesco A, Armstrong M, Reisdorph N, Bernier M, de Cabo R, Fritz K, Ross D. A redox-mediated conformational change in NQO1 controls binding to microtubules and a-tubulin acetylation. Redox Biol. 2021 02; 39:101840. 
															
								 
							
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Zukowski A, Al-Afaleq NO, Duncan ED, Yao T, Johnson AM. Recruitment and allosteric stimulation of a histone-deubiquitinating enzyme during heterochromatin assembly. J Biol Chem. 2018 02 16; 293(7):2498-2509. 
															
								 
							
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Lee S, Chen Z, Zhang G. Catching Sirtuin-2 Intermediates One Structure at the Time. Cell Chem Biol. 2017 03 16; 24(3):248-249. 
															
								 
							
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Shimizu K, Quillinan N, Orfila JE, Herson PS. Sirtuin-2 mediates male specific neuronal injury following experimental cardiac arrest through activation of TRPM2 ion channels. Exp Neurol. 2016 Jan; 275 Pt 1:78-83. 
															
								 
							
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North BJ, Rosenberg MA, Jeganathan KB, Hafner AV, Michan S, Dai J, Baker DJ, Cen Y, Wu LE, Sauve AA, van Deursen JM, Rosenzweig A, Sinclair DA. SIRT2 induces the checkpoint kinase BubR1 to increase lifespan. EMBO J. 2014 Jul 01; 33(13):1438-53. 
															
								 
							
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Bakke PS, Zhu G, Gulsvik A, Kong X, Agusti AG, Calverley PM, Donner CF, Levy RD, Make BJ, Paré PD, Rennard SI, Vestbo J, Wouters EF, Anderson W, Lomas DA, Silverman EK, Pillai SG. Candidate genes for COPD in two large data sets. Eur Respir J. 2011 Feb; 37(2):255-63. 
															
								 
							
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Johnson A, Li G, Sikorski TW, Buratowski S, Woodcock CL, Moazed D. Reconstitution of heterochromatin-dependent transcriptional gene silencing. Mol Cell. 2009 Sep 24; 35(6):769-81. 
															
								 
							
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Sinha M, Watanabe S, Johnson A, Moazed D, Peterson CL. Recombinational repair within heterochromatin requires ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling. Cell. 2009 Sep 18; 138(6):1109-21. 
															
								 
							
				 	
			 	
			
			
		 
	 
 
       
																				
                                                                            
																		
																	 
																 
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