The tail of cryptochromes: an intrinsically disordered cog within the mammalian circadian clock

Autor: Gian Carlo G. Parico, Carrie L. Partch
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cell Communication and Signaling, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1478-811X
DOI: 10.1186/s12964-020-00665-z
Popis: Abstract Cryptochrome (CRY) proteins play an essential role in regulating mammalian circadian rhythms. CRY is composed of a structured N-terminal domain known as the photolyase homology region (PHR), which is tethered to an intrinsically disordered C-terminal tail. The PHR domain is a critical hub for binding other circadian clock components such as CLOCK, BMAL1, PERIOD, or the ubiquitin ligases FBXL3 and FBXL21. While the isolated PHR domain is necessary and sufficient to generate circadian rhythms, removing or modifying the cryptochrome tails modulates the amplitude and/or periodicity of circadian rhythms, suggesting that they play important regulatory roles in the molecular circadian clock. In this commentary, we will discuss how recent studies of these intrinsically disordered tails are helping to establish a general and evolutionarily conserved model for CRY function, where the function of PHR domains is modulated by reversible interactions with their intrinsically disordered tails. Video abstract
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