Circadian oscillation of a cyanobacterium doesn't need all three Kai proteins to keep going
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Despite conventional understanding that three Kai proteins are required for the circadian oscillation of cyanobacteria, scientists discovered that even when one of them is destroyed, the oscillation is not completely abolished but instead damped. Further, they found that the damped rhythms resonate with external cycles of approximately 24 hours, which indicates that the natural frequency of the damped oscillation is similar to a circadian clock.