Nicolette Goularte
Ph.D. Student in Structural Biology, admitted Autumn 2016
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Structural basis of the day-night transition in a bacterial circadian clock
SCIENCE
2017; 355 (6330): 1174-1180
Abstract
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.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aag2516
View details for Web of Science ID 000396351200036
View details for PubMedID 28302851
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC5441561