title: A New Role Discovered for a Well-Known Clock Protein.
abstract: A new study adds further complexity to the mammalian circadian clock by revealing that the CRY protein has an additional unsuspected feedback role in facilitating a crucial regulatory phosphorylation event. Read the Research Article.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States of America.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D047390:Casein Kinase II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057906:Circadian Clocks; D056931:Cryptochromes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors; C538960:BMAL1 protein, human; D056931:Cryptochromes; C570325:CSNK2A1 protein, human; D047390:Casein Kinase II