Distinct roles for PP1 and PP2A in the Neurospora circadian clock |
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| Authors: | Yang Yuhong He Qun Cheng Ping Wrage Philip Yarden Oded Liu Yi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Phosphorylation of the Neurospora circadian clock protein FREQUENCY by several kinases promotes its degradation and is important for the function of the circadian feedback loop. Here, we show that FRQ is less stable in a ppp-1 (catalytic subunit of PP1) mutant, resulting in its advanced phase and short period. In contrast, FRQ stability is not altered in a rgb-1 (a regulatory subunit of PP2A) mutant, but levels of frq protein and mRNA are low, resulting in a low-amplitude and long-period oscillation of the clock. Furthermore, PP1 and PP2A expressed in Neurospora can dephosphorylate the endogenous FRQ in vitro, suggesting that these two phosphatases may differentially regulate FRQ and, consequently, the behavior of the circadian clock. |
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| Keywords: | frequency phosphorylation phosphatase PP1 PP2A |
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