LongevityMap variant
Entry Details
- Longevity Association
- Non-significant
- Population
- Italian (Northern)
- Study Design
- Three SNPs in the SIRT3 gene were examined in 549 genomic DNA from Treviso Longeva study. A Cross-sectional analysis was carried out by comparing people over and under 85 years of age, followed by a longitudinal analysis considering mortality as the dependent variable.
- Conclusions
- Cross-sectional analysis showed SIRT3 was not associated with longevity (but longitudinal analysis showed a possible association; see other entries from same study). SIRT3 genetic variability might be relevant for the modulation of human longevity in the Italian population.
- Identifier
- rs3825075
- In Other Studies (IDs)
- 388 1508
- Cytogenetic Location
- 11p15.5
- UCSC Genome Browser
- View 11p15.5 on the UCSC genome browser
Gene details
- HGNC symbol
- SIRT3
- Aliases
- SIR2L3
- Common name
- sirtuin 3
- Description
- This 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 I of the sirtuin family. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different proteins have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
- Other longevity studies of this gene
- 24
- OMIM
- 604481
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000142082
- UniProt/Swiss-Prot
- SIR3_HUMAN
- Entrez Gene
- 23410
- UniGene
- 716456
- HapMap
- View on HapMap