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SUBMITTER: Markson JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2810098 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Markson Joseph S JS O'Shea Erin K EK
FEBS letters 20091201 24
The circadian clock of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 is governed by a core oscillator consisting of the proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. Remarkably, circadian oscillations in the phosphorylation state of KaiC can be reconstituted in a test tube by mixing the three Kai proteins and adenosine triphosphate. The in vitro oscillator provides a well-defined system in which experiments can be combined with mathematical analysis to understand the mechanism of a highly robust biologic ...[more]