Clock Proteins (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Clock Proteins

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Cryptochrome is one of four main clock proteins that drive daily biological rhythms. This illustration shows a "pocket" in the clock protein complex where binding of the "tail" of the cryptochrome protein helps regulate the timing of the biological clock.

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G. Carlo Parico

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