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Activating PER repressor through a DBT-directed phosphorylation switch.
PLoS biology - 29 Jul 2008
Kivimäe Saul, Saez Lino, Young Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Protein phosphorylation plays an essential role in the generation of circadian rhythms, regulating the stability, activity, and subcellular localization of certain proteins that constitute the biological clock. This study examines the role of the protein kinase Doubletime (DBT), a Drosophila ortholog of human casein kinase I (CKI)epsilon/delta. An enzymatically active DBT protein is shown to directly...
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