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Katsuaki Oyama1, Chihiro Azai2, Jun Matsuyama1
1Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
Abstract:
KaiC is the central oscillator protein in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. KaiC oscillates autonomously between phosphorylated and dephosphorylated states on a 24-h cycle in vitro by mixing with KaiA and KaiB in the presence of ATP. KaiC forms a C6 -symmetrical hexamer, which is a double ring structure of homologous N-terminal and C-terminal domains termed CI and CII, respectively. Here, through the characterization of an isolated CII domain protein, CIIKaiC , we show that phosphorylation of KaiC Thr432 destabilizes the hexameric state of the CII ring to a monomeric state. The results suggest that the stable hexameric CI ring acts as a molecular bundle to hold the CII ring, which undergoes dynamic structural changes upon phosphorylation.
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