SIRT6 Transcription Factor
sirtuin 6

This gene encodes a member of the sirtuin family of NAD-dependent enzymes that are implicated in cellular stress resistance, genomic stability, aging and energy homeostasis. The encoded protein is localized to the nucleus, exhibits ADP-ribosyl transferase and histone deacetylase activities, and plays a role in DNA repair, maintenance of telomeric chromatin, inflammation, lipid and glucose metabolism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016]

Biological processes 141 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA damage sensor activity (GO:0140612)DNA repair-dependent chromatin remodeling (GO:0140861)NAD+ binding (GO:0070403)NAD+ binding (GO:0070403)NAD+ poly-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:0003950)NAD+-protein mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:1990404)NAD+-protein mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:1990404)NAD+-protein mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:1990404)NAD+-protein-arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:0106274)NAD+-protein-arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:0106274)NAD+-protein-lysine ADP-ribosyltransferase activity (GO:0140804)NAD-dependent protein demyristoylase activity (GO:0140773)NAD-dependent protein demyristoylase activity (GO:0140773)NAD-dependent protein depalmitoylase activity (GO:0140774)NAD-dependent protein depalmitoylase activity (GO:0140774)NAD-dependent protein depalmitoylase activity (GO:0140774)NAD-dependent protein lysine deacetylase activity (GO:0034979)NAD-dependent protein lysine deacetylase activity (GO:0034979)NAD-dependent protein lysine deacetylase activity (GO:0034979)TORC2 complex binding (GO:1904841)TORC2 complex binding (GO:1904841)base-excision repair (GO:0006284)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin remodeling (GO:0006338)chromosome (GO:0005694)chromosome, subtelomeric region (GO:0099115)chromosome, telomeric region (GO:0000781)circadian regulation of gene expression (GO:0032922)circadian regulation of gene expression (GO:0032922)damaged DNA binding (GO:0003684)determination of adult lifespan (GO:0008340)determination of adult lifespan (GO:0008340)double-strand break repair (GO:0006302)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)glucose homeostasis (GO:0042593)histone H3K18 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0097372)histone H3K18 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0097372)histone H3K56 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0140765)histone H3K56 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0140765)histone H3K9 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0046969)histone H3K9 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0046969)histone H3K9 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0046969)histone H3K9 deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0046969)histone H3K9 deacetylase activity, hydrolytic mechanism (GO:0032129)histone deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0017136)histone deacetylase activity, NAD-dependent (GO:0017136)ketone biosynthetic process (GO:0042181)ketone biosynthetic process (GO:0042181)negative regulation of D-glucose import across plasma membrane (GO:0046325)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008285)negative regulation of cellular senescence (GO:2000773)negative regulation of cellular senescence (GO:2000773)negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)negative regulation of gluconeogenesis (GO:0045721)negative regulation of glycolytic process (GO:0045820)negative regulation of glycolytic process (GO:0045820)negative regulation of protein import into nucleus (GO:0042308)negative regulation of protein import into nucleus (GO:0042308)negative regulation of protein localization to chromatin (GO:0120186)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (GO:0034244)negative regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II (GO:0034244)nucleolus (GO:0005730)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleosome binding (GO:0031491)nucleosome binding (GO:0031491)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)pericentric heterochromatin (GO:0005721)pericentric heterochromatin formation (GO:0031508)positive regulation of blood vessel branching (GO:1905555)positive regulation of chondrocyte proliferation (GO:1902732)positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis (GO:0120162)positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis (GO:0120162)positive regulation of double-strand break repair (GO:2000781)positive regulation of double-strand break repair (GO:2000781)positive regulation of fat cell differentiation (GO:0045600)positive regulation of fat cell differentiation (GO:0045600)positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation (GO:0048146)positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024)positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024)positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process (GO:0032436)positive regulation of protein export from nucleus (GO:0046827)positive regulation of protein export from nucleus (GO:0046827)positive regulation of protein localization to chromatin (GO:0120187)positive regulation of protein localization to chromatin (GO:0120187)positive regulation of stem cell differentiation (GO:2000738)positive regulation of stem cell differentiation (GO:2000738)positive regulation of stem cell differentiation (GO:2000738)positive regulation of stem cell population maintenance (GO:1902459)positive regulation of stem cell proliferation (GO:2000648)positive regulation of telomere maintenance (GO:0032206)positive regulation of vascular endothelial cell proliferation (GO:1905564)post-translational protein modification (GO:0043687)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein deacetylation (GO:0006476)protein delipidation (GO:0051697)protein destabilization (GO:0031648)protein destabilization (GO:0031648)protein homodimerization activity (GO:0042803)protein import into nucleus (GO:0006606)protein import into nucleus (GO:0006606)protein localization to site of double-strand break (GO:1990166)regulation of DNA repair (GO:0006282)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of double-strand break repair via homologous recombination (GO:0010569)regulation of gluconeogenesis (GO:0006111)regulation of lipid catabolic process (GO:0050994)regulation of lipid catabolic process (GO:0050994)regulation of lipid metabolic process (GO:0019216)regulation of lipid metabolic process (GO:0019216)regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane (GO:1903076)regulation of protein secretion (GO:0050708)response to UV (GO:0009411)site of DNA damage (GO:0090734)site of double-strand break (GO:0035861)subtelomeric heterochromatin formation (GO:0031509)transcription corepressor activity (GO:0003714)transcription corepressor activity (GO:0003714)transposable element silencing (GO:0010526)transposable element silencing (GO:0010526)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
SIRT6 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by SIRT6

Modules significantly affected by knockdown. ↑ Up = module upregulated upon KD; ↓ Down = module downregulated upon KD.

Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Cluster Dir NES padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Module Dir NES #gRNA padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction: Max shown:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Submodule Module Dir NES #gRNA Bind OR padj (bind)

Genes regulated by SIRT6

Genes likely regulated by SIRT6 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to SIRT6 knockdown, with negative coefficients indicating downregulation and positive coefficients indicating upregulation upon knockdown.

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Regulatory Elements bound by the TF

Open chromatin elements (ATAC-seq) where SIRT6 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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SIRT6 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating SIRT6 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for SIRT6. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = SIRT6 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to SIRT6

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of SIRT6, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr19:3,932,937–3,933,664 249.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 198
chr19:3,968,623–3,969,280 213.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 547
chr19:3,970,535–3,971,713 211.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 728
chr19:3,985,032–3,985,862 197.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 932
chr19:3,987,682–3,988,217 194.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 346
chr19:4,006,992–4,008,553 175.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 888
chr19:4,064,058–4,067,782 116.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 811
chr19:4,123,681–4,124,581 58.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 798
chr19:4,173,105–4,173,314 9.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) 497
chr19:4,182,102–4,182,890 17 bp At TSS Multiome 862
chr19:4,186,475–4,186,702 3.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) 308
chr19:4,198,066–4,198,600 15.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 214
chr19:4,246,623–4,247,617 64.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 960
chr19:4,326,625–4,329,107 145.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 567
chr19:4,342,323–4,344,016 160.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 969
chr19:4,390,525–4,391,068 208.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 464
chr19:4,399,835–4,401,019 218.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 828
chr19:4,402,106–4,403,050 219.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 731
chr19:4,456,541–4,458,172 275.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 757
chr19:4,471,202–4,472,545 289.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 715
chr19:4,474,252–4,474,874 292.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 201

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the SIRT6 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr19:3,922,937 – 4,484,874
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq