4JZY

Crystal structures of Drosophila Cryptochrome

Summary for 4JZY

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb4jzy/pdb
• Related: 4K03 4K0R
• Descriptor: Cryptochrome-1, FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE, AMMONIUM ION, ... (5 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: cryptochrome, rossmann fold, photoreceptor, fad, circadian clock protein
• Biological source: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly)
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm: O77059
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 125371.20

Authors

Czarna, A.,Wolf, E. (deposition date: 2013-04-03, release date: 2013-06-26, Last modification date: 2024-02-28)

Primary citation

Czarna, A.,Berndt, A.,Singh, H.R.,Grudziecki, A.,Ladurner, A.G.,Timinszky, G.,Kramer, A.,Wolf, E.
Structures of Drosophila cryptochrome and mouse cryptochrome1 provide insight into circadian function.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.), 153:1394-1405, 2013

PubMed Abstract: Drosophila cryptochrome (dCRY) is a FAD-dependent circadian photoreceptor, whereas mammalian cryptochromes (CRY1/2) are integral clock components that repress mCLOCK/mBMAL1-dependent transcription. We report crystal structures of full-length dCRY, a dCRY loop deletion construct, and the photolyase homology region of mouse CRY1 (mCRY1). Our dCRY structures depict Phe534 of the regulatory tail in the same location as the photolesion in DNA-repairing photolyases and reveal that the sulfur loop and tail residue Cys523 plays key roles in the dCRY photoreaction. Our mCRY1 structure visualizes previously characterized mutations, an NLS, and MAPK and AMPK phosphorylation sites. We show that the FAD and antenna chromophore-binding regions, a predicted coiled-coil helix, the C-terminal lid, and charged surfaces are involved in FAD-independent mPER2 and FBXL3 binding and mCLOCK/mBMAL1 transcriptional repression. The structure of a mammalian cryptochrome1 protein may catalyze the development of CRY chemical probes and the design of therapeutic metabolic modulators.

PubMed: 23746849
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.011

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.34 Å)