title: Two KaiA-binding domains of cyanobacterial circadian clock protein KaiC.
abstract: kaiABC, a gene cluster, encodes KaiA, KaiB and KaiC proteins that are essential to circadian rhythms in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Kai proteins can interact with each other in all possible combinations. This study identified two KaiA-binding domains (C(KABD1) and C(KABD2)) in KaiC at corresponding regions of its duplicated structure. Clock mutations on the two domains and kaiA altered the strength of C(KABD)-KaiA interactions assayed by the yeast two-hybrid system. Thus, interaction between KaiA and KaiC through C(KABD1) and C(KABD2) is likely important for circadian timing in the cyanobacterium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hijikata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamagata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishiura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D056925:Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D056925:Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C114269:KaiA protein, cyanobacteria; C114270:KaiB protein, cyanobacteria; C114271:KaiC protein, cyanobacteria; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005982:Glutathione Transferase