Scripps research scientists model 3D structures of proteins that control human clock

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 16:42 in Biology & Nature

In an Early Edition issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on April 9, 2009, the researchers report that they have been able to determine the molecular structure of a plant photolyase protein that is surprisingly similar to two cryptochrome proteins that control the "master clock" in humans and other mammals.

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