Identification and regulation of a circadian clock protein, FRQ, and a clock-controlled protein, CCG-1, in Neurospora crassa.

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Y. Garceau
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Clock Protein

scholarly journals The Resonance and Adaptation of Neurospora crassa Circadian and Conidiation Rhyth ms to Short Light-Dark Cycles

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Huan Ma ◽  
Luyao Li ◽  
Jie Yan ◽  
Yin Zhang ◽  
Xiaohong Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Circadian Clocks ◽  
Extreme Conditions ◽  
Behavioral Rhythms ◽  
The Core ◽  
Regulatory Aspects ◽  
Ubiquitin E3 Ligase ◽  
Modeling And Experiments ◽  
Clock Protein

Circadian clocks control the physiological and behavioral rhythms to adapt to the environment with a period of ~24 h. However, the influences and mechanisms of the extreme light/dark cycles on the circadian clock remain unclear. We showed that, in Neurospora crassa, both the growth and the microconidia production contribute to adaptation in LD12:12 (12 h light/12 h dark, periodically). Mathematical modeling and experiments demonstrate that in short LD cycles, the expression of the core clock protein FREQUENCY was entrained to the LD cycles when LD > 3:3 while it free ran when T ≤ LD3:3. The conidial rhythmicity can resonate with a series of different LD conditions. Moreover, we demonstrate that the existence of unknown blue light photoreceptor(s) and the circadian clock might promote the conidiation rhythms that resonate with the environment. The ubiquitin E3 ligase FWD-1 and the previously described CRY-dependent oscillator system were implicated in regulating conidiation under short LD conditions. These findings shed new light on the resonance of Neurospora circadian clock and conidiation rhythms to short LD cycles, which may benefit the understandings of both the basic regulatory aspects of circadian clock and the adaptation of physiological rhythms to the extreme conditions.

scholarly journals The synchronization and adaptation of Neurospora crassa circadian and conidiation rhythms to short light-dark cycles

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Ma ◽  
Luyao Li ◽  
Jie Yan ◽  
Yin Zhang ◽  
Weirui Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Metabolic Pathways ◽  
Diurnal Rhythms ◽  
Daily Rhythms ◽  
The Core ◽  
Ubiquitin E3 Ligase ◽  
Modeling And Experiments ◽  
High Intensity Light ◽  
Clock Protein

ABSTRACTCircadian clocks control the physiological and behavioral daily rhythms to adapt to the changing environment with a period of ~24 h. However, the influence and mechanism of extreme light-dark cycles on the circadian clock remain unclear. We show that, in the fungus Neurospora crassa under short LD cycles, both the growth rate and the ratio of microconidia production contributes to adaptation in LD12:12 (light for 12 h and dark for 12 h, periodically). Mathematical modeling and experiments demonstrate that in short LD cycles, the expression of the core clock protein FREQUENCY is entrained to the LD cycles when LD>3:3 while it free runs when T≤ LD3:3. We investigated the changes in circadian/diurnal rhythms under a series of different LD conditions, and the results showed that conidial rhythmicity can be adapted to the short LD cycles. We further demonstrate that the existence of unknown blue light photoreceptor(s) and the circadian clock might promote the conidiation rhythms that resonate with the environment. A high-intensity light induced the expression of a set of downstream genes involved in various metabolic pathways. The ubiquitin E3 ligase FWD-1 and the previously described CRY-dependent oscillator system were implicated in regulating conidiation under short LD conditions.

scholarly journals COMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS OF LINKED CIRCADIAN CLOCK MUTANTS OF NEUROSPORA CRASSA

Genetics ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry F Feldman ◽  
Marian N Hoyle
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Period Length ◽  
Complementation Analysis ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
The Right

ABSTRACT A fourth mutant of Neurospora crassa, designated frq-4, has been isolated in which the period length of the circadian conidiation rhythm is shortened to 19.3 ± 0.3 hours. This mutant is tightly linked to the three previously isolated frq mutants, and all four map to the right arm of linkage group VII about 10 map units from the centromere. Complementation tests suggest, but do not prove, that all four mutations are allelic, since each of the four mutants is co-dominant with the frq  + allele—i.e., heterokaryons have period lengths intermediate between the mutant and wild-type—and since heterokaryons between pairs of mutants also have period lengths intermediate between those of the two mutants.

Rhythmic post-transcriptional regulation of the circadian clock protein mPER2 in mammalian cells: A real-time analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 401 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keigo Nishii ◽  
Iori Yamanaka ◽  
Maya Yasuda ◽  
Yota B. Kiyohara ◽  
Yoko Kitayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcriptional Regulation ◽  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Time Analysis ◽  
Real Time Analysis ◽  
Post Transcriptional Regulation ◽  
Clock Protein

scholarly journals The Circadian Clock Protein BMAL1 Is Necessary for Fertility and Proper Testosterone Production in Mice

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Alvarez ◽  
Amanda Hansen ◽  
Teri Ord ◽  
Piotr Bebas ◽  
Patrick E. Chappell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Testosterone Production ◽  
Clock Protein

scholarly journals Epistatic and Synergistic Interactions Between Circadian Clock Mutations in Neurospora crassa

Genetics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 537-543
Author(s):  
Louis W Morgan ◽  
Jerry F Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Clock ◽  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Mutant Strain ◽  
Temperature Compensation ◽  
Double Mutant ◽  
Synergistic Interactions ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Double Mutant Strain ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Compensation Mechanisms

Abstract We identified a series of epistatic and synergistic interactions among the circadian clock mutations of Neurospora crassa that indicate possible physical interactions among the various clock components encoded by these genes. The period-6 (prd-6) mutation, a short-period temperature-sensitive clock mutation, is epistatic to both the prd-2 and prd-3 mutations. The prd-2 and prd-3 long-period mutations show a synergistic interaction in that the period length of the double mutant strain is considerably longer than predicted. In addition, the prd-2 prd-3 double mutant strain also exhibits overcompensation to changes in ambient temperature, suggesting a role in the temperature compensation machinery of the clock. The prd-2, prd-3, and prd-6 mutations also show significant interactions with the frq7 long-period mutation. These results suggest that the gene products of prd-2, prd-3, and prd-6 play an important role in both the timing and temperature compensation mechanisms of the circadian clock and may interact with the FRQ protein.

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