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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Main Authors: Aron Szabó, Christian Papin, Daniela Zorn, Prishila Ponien, Frank Weber, Thomas Raabe, François Rouyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3754892?pdf=render