4gu5

Structural highlights

Function

[CRY1_DROME] Blue light-dependent regulator that is the input of the circadian feedback loop. Has no photolyase activity for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers or 6-4 photoproducts. Regulation of expression by light suggests a role in photoreception for locomotor activity rhythms. Functions, together with per, as a transcriptional repressor required for the oscillation of peripheral circadian clocks and for the correct specification of clock cells. Genes directly activated by the transcription factors Clock (Clk) and cycle (cyc) are repressed by cry. Necessary for light-dependent magnetosensitivity, an intact circadian system is not required for the magnetoreception mechanism to operate. Required for both the naive and trained responses to magnetic field, consistent with the notion that cry is in the input pathway of magnetic sensing.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

References

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2. ↑ Okano S, Kanno S, Takao M, Eker AP, Isono K, Tsukahara Y, Yasui A. A putative blue-light receptor from Drosophila melanogaster. Photochem Photobiol. 1999 Jan;69(1):108-13. PMID:10063806
3. ↑ Stanewsky R, Kaneko M, Emery P, Beretta B, Wager-Smith K, Kay SA, Rosbash M, Hall JC. The cryb mutation identifies cryptochrome as a circadian photoreceptor in Drosophila. Cell. 1998 Nov 25;95(5):681-92. PMID:9845370
4. ↑ Egan ES, Franklin TM, Hilderbrand-Chae MJ, McNeil GP, Roberts MA, Schroeder AJ, Zhang X, Jackson FR. An extraretinally expressed insect cryptochrome with similarity to the blue light photoreceptors of mammals and plants. J Neurosci. 1999 May 15;19(10):3665-73. PMID:10233998
5. ↑ Ceriani MF, Darlington TK, Staknis D, Mas P, Petti AA, Weitz CJ, Kay SA. Light-dependent sequestration of TIMELESS by CRYPTOCHROME. Science. 1999 Jul 23;285(5427):553-6. PMID:10417378
6. ↑ Collins B, Mazzoni EO, Stanewsky R, Blau J. Drosophila CRYPTOCHROME is a circadian transcriptional repressor. Curr Biol. 2006 Mar 7;16(5):441-9. PMID:16527739 doi:S0960-9822(06)01043-8
7. ↑ Berndt A, Kottke T, Breitkreuz H, Dvorsky R, Hennig S, Alexander M, Wolf E. A novel photoreaction mechanism for the circadian blue light photoreceptor Drosophila cryptochrome. J Biol Chem. 2007 Apr 27;282(17):13011-21. Epub 2007 Feb 12. PMID:17298948 doi:M608872200
8. ↑ Gegear RJ, Casselman A, Waddell S, Reppert SM. Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity in Drosophila. Nature. 2008 Aug 21;454(7207):1014-8. doi: 10.1038/nature07183. Epub 2008 Jul 20. PMID:18641630 doi:10.1038/nature07183
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