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Physical interactions among circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in cyanobacteria.


ABSTRACT: The kai gene cluster, which is composed of three genes, kaiA, kaiB and kaiC, is essential for the generation of circadian rhythms in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Here we demonstrate the direct association of KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in yeast cells using the two-hybrid system, in vitro and in cyanobacterial cells. KaiC enhanced KaiA-KaiB interaction in vitro and in yeast cells, suggesting that the three Kai proteins were able to form a heteromultimeric complex. We also found that a long period mutation kaiA1 dramatically enhanced KaiA-KaiB interaction in vitro. Thus, direct protein-protein association among the Kai proteins may be a critical process in the generation of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria.

SUBMITTER: Iwasaki H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1171205 | biostudies-other | 1999 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Physical interactions among circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in cyanobacteria.

Iwasaki H H   Taniguchi Y Y   Ishiura M M   Kondo T T  

The EMBO journal 19990301 5


The kai gene cluster, which is composed of three genes, kaiA, kaiB and kaiC, is essential for the generation of circadian rhythms in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Here we demonstrate the direct association of KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in yeast cells using the two-hybrid system, in vitro and in cyanobacterial cells. KaiC enhanced KaiA-KaiB interaction in vitro and in yeast cells, suggesting that the three Kai proteins were able to form a heteromultimeric complex. We  ...[more]

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