Enables deacetylase activity. Involved in dauer larval development; determination of adult lifespan; and intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to DNA damage. Located in chromosome, telomeric region; nucleus; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Expressed in several structures, including intestinal cell; neurons; retrovesicular ganglion; tail; and ventral nerve cord. Used to study alcohol use disorder. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Huntington's disease; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; and senile cataract. Is an ortholog of human SIRT1 (sirtuin 1).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.