SIRT6: therapeutic target for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Recently, Hou et al. shifted the research focus from the function of nuclear sirtuin (SIRT)6 to that of cytoplasmic SIRT6, which deacetylates and activates long-chain acyl-CoA synthase 5 (ACSL5). Their findings provide mechanistic insight into the role of cytoplasmic SIRT6 in fatty acid oxidation, acting as a therapeutic target for combating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).