“…In addition to its role in chromatin regulation through histone deacetylation (discussed below; Figure 3), SirT1 has additional roles as a sensor of the metabolic status of the cell. These functions depend largely on the deacetylation of non-histone proteins that can be divided into three groups: transcription related factors: p53, PGC1-a, PPRg, the FOXO family of factors, MyoD, nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB), Bcl6, TAF I 68, E2F1, p73 and others, chromatin-related enzymes: the HATs p300 and P300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF), the corepressors NcoR/SMRT, the DNA-dependent protein kinase subunit Ku80, with the third group being signaling factors like Smad7 (Luo et al, 2001;Muth et al, 2001;Vaziri et al, 2001;Fulco et al, 2003;Brunet et al, 2004;Cohen et al, 2004;Motta et al, 2004;Picard et al, 2004;Yeung et al, 2004;Bouras et al, 2005;Rodgers et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2006;Dai et al, 2007;Kume et al, 2007).…”