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ArticlePloS one2011

Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is a post-translational regulator of the mammalian circadian clock.

Isabelle Schmutz, Sabrina Wendt, Anna Schnell, Achim Kramer, Isabelle M Mansuy, Urs Albrecht

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Isabelle SchmutzDepartment of Biology, Unit of Biochemistry, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Sabrina Wendt
Anna Schnell
Achim Kramer
Isabelle M Mansuy
Urs Albrecht
University of Fribourg · CHCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian clocks coordinate the timing of important biological processes. Interconnected transcriptional and post-translational feedback loops based on a set of clock genes generate and maintain these rhythms with a period of about 24 hours. Many clock proteins undergo circadian cycles of post-translational modifications. Among these modifications, protein phosphorylation plays an important role in regulating activity, stability and intracellular localization of clock components. Several protein kinases were characterized as regulators of the circadian clock. However, the function of protein phosphatases, which balance phosphorylation events, in the mammalian clock mechanism is less well understood. Here, we identify protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) as regulator of period and light-induced resetting of the mammalian circadian clock. Down-regulation of PP1 activity in cells by RNA interference and in vivo by expression of a specific inhibitor in the brain of mice tended to lengthen circadian period. Moreover, reduction of PP1 activity in the brain altered light-mediated clock resetting behavior in mice, enhancing the phase shifts in either direction. At the molecular level, diminished PP1 activity increased nuclear accumulation of the clock component PER2 in neurons. Hence, PP1, may reduce PER2 phosphorylation thereby influencing nuclear localization of this protein. This may at least partially influence period and phase shifting properties of the mammalian circadian clock.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsBrainCircadian ClocksCircadian RhythmHumansMiceMice, TransgenicMotor ActivityNeuronsNIH 3T3 CellsPeriod Circadian ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein Phosphatase 1RNA InterferencePer2 protein, mousePeriod Circadian ProteinsProtein Phosphatase 1

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PMID21712997
PMCPMC3119686
OpenAlexW2165177780

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