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Title: Dynamics at the serine loop underlie differential affinity of cryptochromes for CLOCK:BMAL1 to control circadian timing

Journal Article · · eLife
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.55275· OSTI ID:1644118
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  1. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
  2. Nagoya Univ. (Japan)
  3. The Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  5. Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
  6. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Howard Hughes Medical Inst., Seattle, WA (United States)
  7. Nagoya Univ. (Japan); RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe (Japan)
  8. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Mammalian circadian rhythms are generated by a transcription-based feedback loop in which CLOCK:BMAL1 drives transcription of its repressors (PER1/2, CRY1/2), which ultimately interact with CLOCK:BMAL1 to close the feedback loop with ~24 hr periodicity. Here we pinpoint a key difference between CRY1 and CRY2 that underlies their differential strengths as transcriptional repressors. Both cryptochromes bind the BMAL1 transactivation domain similarly to sequester it from coactivators and repress CLOCK:BMAL1 activity. However, we find that CRY1 is recruited with much higher affinity to the PAS domain core of CLOCK:BMAL1, allowing it to serve as a stronger repressor that lengthens circadian period. We discovered a dynamic serine-rich loop adjacent to the secondary pocket in the photolyase homology region (PHR) domain that regulates differential binding of cryptochromes to the PAS domain core of CLOCK:BMAL1. Notably, binding of the co-repressor PER2 remodels the serine loop of CRY2, making it more CRY1-like and enhancing its affinity for CLOCK:BMAL1.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
Grant/Contract Number:
R01 GM107069; DP2 EB020402; F31 CA189660; S10 OD021634; CRN-15–380548
OSTI ID:
1644118
Journal Information:
eLife, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 2020; ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 31 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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