Integrating the circadian oscillator into the life of the cyanobacterial cell.
In two decades, the study of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria has gone from observations of phenomena in intractable species to the development of a model organism for mechanistic study, atomic-resolution structures of components, and reconstitution of a circadian biochemical oscillation in vitro. With sophisticated biochemical, biophysical, genetic, and genomic tools in place, the circadian clock of the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is poised to be the first for which a systems-level understanding can be achieved.
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Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3258, USA.
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D056925:Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008954:Models, Biological; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D056925:Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C114269:KaiA protein, cyanobacteria; C114270:KaiB protein, cyanobacteria; C114271:KaiC protein, cyanobacteria