The CK2 kinase stabilizes CLOCK and represses its activity in the Drosophila circadian oscillator.
Phosphorylation is a pivotal regulatory mechanism for protein stability and activity in circadian clocks regardless of their evolutionary origin. It determines the speed and strength of molecular oscillations by acting on transcriptional activators and their repressors, which form negative feedback...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3754892?pdf=render |