Publication Abstract from PubMed
Circadian clocks are ubiquitous timing systems that induce rhythms of biological activities in synchrony with night and day. In cyanobacteria, timing is generated by a posttranslational clock consisting of KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC proteins and a set of output signaling proteins, SasA and CikA, which transduce this rhythm to control gene expression. Here, we describe crystal and nuclear magnetic resonance structures of KaiB-KaiC,KaiA-KaiB-KaiC, and CikA-KaiB complexes. They reveal how the metamorphic properties of KaiB, a protein that adopts two distinct folds, and the post-adenosine triphosphate hydrolysis state of KaiC create a hub around which nighttime signaling events revolve, including inactivation of KaiA and reciprocal regulation of the mutually antagonistic signaling proteins, SasA and CikA.
Structural basis of the day-night transition in a bacterial circadian clock.,Tseng R, Goularte NF, Chavan A, Luu J, Cohen SE, Chang YG, Heisler J, Li S, Michael AK, Tripathi S, Golden SS, LiWang A, Partch CL Science. 2017 Mar 17;355(6330):1174-1180. doi: 10.1126/science.aag2516. Epub 2017, Mar 16. PMID:28302851[1]
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