Sirtuin 5 (SIRT5) is a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent deacetylase and belongs to the Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) family of sirtuin histone deacetylases (HDACs), which play a central role in epigenetic gene silencing, DNA repair and recombination, cell-cycle, microtubule organization, and in the regulation of aging. We have isolated and characterized the human SIRT5 genomic sequence, which spans a region of 28,182 bp and which has one single genomic locus. Human SIRT5 consists of eight exons and is found in two isoforms, which encode a 310 aa and a 299 aa protein, respectively. Human SIRT5 is most predominantly expressed in heart muscle cells and in lymphoblasts. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis localized the human SIRT5 gene to chromosome 6p23.

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