Lego clocks: building a clock from parts.
A new finding opens up speculation that the molecular mechanism of circadian clocks in Synechococcus elongatus is composed of multiple oscillator systems (Kitayama and colleagues, this issue, pp. 1513-1521), as has been described in many eukaryotic clock model systems. However, an alternative intepretation is that the pacemaker mechanism-as previously suggested-lies primarily in the rate of ATP hydrolysis by the clock protein KaiC.
University of Heidelberg Biochemistry Center, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. michael.brunner@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de
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Mirre J P
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Martha
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