“…In particular, three sirtuins, SIRT3, SIRT4, and SIRT5 reside inside the mitochondrial matrix where they regulate proteins involved in metabolic reactions, energy production, antioxidant pathways, apoptosis, and autophagy, thus promoting mitochondrial homeostasis (18,19). These targets, including SOD2, FOXO, p53, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are post-translationally modified by sirtuins, and allow a rapid homeostatic metabolic response to changes in energy expenditure/supply ratio, which occurs in several circumstances, such as calorie restriction (CR), fasting, physical exercise, and metabolic stress (Figure 1) (18,20,21).…”