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Peptides and Proteins

Studies from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Health Science Center yield new information about peptides and proteins

Published in Stem Cell Week, June 7th, 2010

New investigation results, 'SIRT1 regulates Dishevelled proteins and promotes transient and constitutive Wnt signaling,' are detailed in a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. According to a study from the United States, "Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is a class III histone deacetylase that deacetylates histone and nonhistone proteins to regulate gene transcription and protein function. Because SIRT1 regulates very diverse responses such as apoptosis, insulin sensitivity, autophagy, differentiation, and stem cell pluripotency, it has been a challenge to reconcile how it orchestrates such pleiotropic effects."

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