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Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) regulates the circadian clock

Brenna, Andrea ; Olejniczak, Iwona ; Chavan, Rohit ; Ripperger, Jürgen A. ; Langmesser, Sonja ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Hu, Zehan ; De Virgilio, Claudio ; Dengjel, Jörn ; Albrecht, Urs

In: eLife, 2019, vol. 8, p. e50925

Circadian oscillations emerge from transcriptional and post-translational feedback loops. An important step in generating rhythmicity is the translocation of clock components into the nucleus, which is regulated in many cases by kinases. In mammals, the kinase promoting the nuclear import of the key clock component Period 2 (PER2) is unknown. Here, we show that the cyclin-dependent kinase 5...

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Initiation of the TORC1-regulated G0 program requires Igo1/2, which license specific mRNAs to evade degradation via the 5'-3' mRNA decay pathway

Talarek, Nicolas ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Jaquenoud, Malika ; Luo, Xuan ; Bontron, Séverine ; Lippman, Soyeon ; Devgan, Geeta ; Snyder, Michael ; Broach, James R. ; De Virgilio, Claudio

In: Molecular Cell, 2010, vol. 38, no. 3, p. 345-355

Eukaryotic cell proliferation is controlled by growth factors and essential nutrients, in the absence of which cells may enter into a quiescent (G0) state. In yeast, nitrogen and/or carbon limitation causes downregulation of the conserved TORC1 and PKA signaling pathways and, consequently, activation of the PAS kinase Rim15, which orchestrates G0 program initiation and ensures proper life span by...

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The evolutionary conserved BER1 gene is involved in microtubule stability in yeast

Fiechter, Vincent ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Cerutti, Lorenzo ; De Virgilio, Claudio ; Barral, Yves ; Fankhauser, Christian

In: Current Genetics, 2008, vol. 53, no. 2, p. 107-115

In yeast, microtubules are dynamic filaments necessary for spindle and nucleus positioning, as well as for proper chromosome segregation. We identify a function for the yeast gene BER1 (Benomyl REsistant 1) in microtubule stability. BER1 belongs to an evolutionary conserved gene family whose founding member Sensitivity to Red light Reduced is involved in red-light perception and...