RRC ID 28071
著者 Szabó A, Papin C, Zorn D, Ponien P, Weber F, Raabe T, Rouyer F.
タイトル The CK2 kinase stabilizes CLOCK and represses its activity in the Drosophila circadian oscillator.
ジャーナル PLoS Biol
Abstract 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 loops. In Drosophila, the CK2 kinase phosphorylates and destabilizes the PERIOD (PER) and TIMELESS (TIM) proteins, which inhibit CLOCK (CLK) transcriptional activity. Here we show that CK2 also targets the CLK activator directly. Downregulating the activity of the catalytic α subunit of CK2 induces CLK degradation, even in the absence of PER and TIM. Unexpectedly, the regulatory β subunit of the CK2 holoenzyme is not required for the regulation of CLK stability. In addition, downregulation of CK2α activity decreases CLK phosphorylation and increases per and tim transcription. These results indicate that CK2 inhibits CLK degradation while reducing its activity. Since the CK1 kinase promotes CLK degradation, we suggest that CLK stability and transcriptional activity result from counteracting effects of CK1 and CK2.
巻・号 11(8)
ページ e1001645
公開日 2013-4-27
DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001645
PII PBIOLOGY-D-13-02294
PMID 24013921
PMC PMC3754892
MeSH Animals CLOCK Proteins / genetics CLOCK Proteins / metabolism* Circadian Rhythm / genetics Circadian Rhythm / physiology* Drosophila Drosophila Proteins / genetics Drosophila Proteins / metabolism* Phosphorylation
IF 7.076
引用数 16
WOS 分野 BIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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ショウジョウバエ 17520R-2