Abstract
In this issue, Hawse et al. (2008) provide additional insight into the mechanistic properties of sirtuin enzymes by describing the structure of a thio-imidate in the active site of Thermatoga maritima Sir2, which strengthens the proposal that the enzyme directly couples NAD + and acetyllysine oxygen to form a versatile ADPR-peptidyl-imidate intermediate.
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