PMID- 10481010 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991008 LR - 20190619 IS - 0036-8075 (Print) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 285 IP - 5434 DP - 1999 Sep 10 TI - A role for the proteasome in the light response of the timeless clock protein. PG - 1737-41 AB - The cyclic expression of the period (PER) and timeless (TIM) proteins is critical for the molecular circadian feedback loop in Drosophila. The entrainment by light of the circadian clock is mediated by a reduction in TIM levels. To elucidate the mechanism of this process, the sensitivity of TIM regulation by light was tested in an in vitro assay with inhibitors of candidate proteolytic pathways. The data suggested that TIM is degraded through a ubiquitin-proteasome mechanism. In addition, in cultures from third-instar larvae, TIM degradation was blocked specifically by inhibitors of proteasome activity. Degradation appeared to be preceded by tyrosine phosphorylation. Finally, TIM was ubiquitinated in response to light in cultured cells. FAU - Naidoo, N AU - Naidoo N AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Song, W AU - Song W FAU - Hunter-Ensor, M AU - Hunter-Ensor M FAU - Sehgal, A AU - Sehgal A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Insect Proteins) RN - 0 (Leupeptins) RN - 0 (Multienzyme Complexes) RN - 0 (Protease Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Ubiquitins) RN - 0 (carbobenzoxy-leucyl-leucyl-norvalinal) RN - 0 (tim protein, Drosophila) RN - 133343-34-7 (lactacystin) RN - 21820-51-9 (Phosphotyrosine) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Cysteine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - GMW67QNF9C (Leucine) RN - I0J33N5627 (ubenimex) RN - J97339NR3V (leupeptin) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcysteine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - *Biological Clocks MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Circadian Rhythm MH - Cysteine Endopeptidases/*physiology MH - Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Darkness MH - Drosophila MH - *Drosophila Proteins MH - Feedback MH - Insect Proteins/*metabolism MH - Leucine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Leupeptins/pharmacology MH - *Light MH - Multienzyme Complexes/*physiology MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Phosphotyrosine/metabolism MH - Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex MH - Ubiquitins/metabolism EDAT- 1999/09/11 00:00 MHDA- 1999/09/11 00:01 CRDT- 1999/09/11 00:00 PHST- 1999/09/11 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/09/11 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/09/11 00:00 [entrez] AID - 7807 [pii] AID - 10.1126/science.285.5434.1737 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 1999 Sep 10;285(5434):1737-41. doi: 10.1126/science.285.5434.1737.