Cryptochromes: enabling plants and animals to determine circadian time.
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Abstract
Cryptochromes are flavin-containing blue light photoreceptors related to photolyases-they are found in both plants and animals and have recently been described for bacteria. In plants, cryptochromes perform a variety of functions including the entrainment of circadian rhythms. They serve a similar role in Drosophila and mammals, where the cryptochromes also perform an additional function as an essential component of the circadian clock.
Medical subject headings
- Circadian Rhythm
- Phytochrome
- Plant Proteins
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases