National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R35GM144121
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R35GM118290
United States
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
BB/W017385/1
United Kingdom
Citation
Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol / Year: 2026 Title: Mechanism and reconstitution of circadian transcription in cyanobacteria. Authors: Mingxu Fang / Yajie Gu / Miron Leanca / Mariusz Matyszewski / Andy LiWang / Yulia Yuzenkova / Kevin D Corbett / Susan S Golden / Abstract: Circadian biological clocks evolved across kingdoms of life as an adaptation to predictable cycles of sunrise and sunset. In the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, a protein-based clock ...Circadian biological clocks evolved across kingdoms of life as an adaptation to predictable cycles of sunrise and sunset. In the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, a protein-based clock precisely controls when different genes are turned on and off during the 24-h day but the phasing mechanism remains unclear. Here we show the molecular basis of this regulation and reconstitute clock-controlled transcription in vitro using purified components. Biochemical and structural analyses revealed that the clock-regulated transcription factor RpaA can function as either an activator or a repressor of cyanobacterial RNA polymerase, depending on its binding position relative to core promoter elements. Leveraging the repressor mechanism, we developed a heterologous in vitro system driven by bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase that sustains circadian transcription for multiple days. These findings explain how a single clock output generates opposite phases of gene expression and define the minimal components for circadian clock function, enabling synthetic or biotechnological applications.
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