Circadian Changes in Enzyme Concentration Account for Rhythm of Enzyme Activity in Gonyaulax
- 30 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 223 (4643), 1428-1430
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.223.4643.1428
Abstract
A circadian rhythm in the activity of luciferase is partly responsible for rhythmic bioluminescence in the dinoflagellate alga Gonyaulax polyedra. The cyclic activity of this enzyme can be attributed to a corresponding rhythm in the concentration of immunologically reactive luciferase protein. Hence protein turnover (synthesis or degradation or both) is used by the endogenous clock to control the daily rhythm of bioluminescence.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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