Light-Dependent Sequestration of TIMELESS by CRYPTOCHROME.

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      Presents a study where CRYPTOCHROME (CRY), a protein involved in circadian photoperception in Drosophila, is shown to block the function of PERIOD/TIMELESS (PER/TIM) heterodimeric complexes in a light-dependent fashion. Uncoupling of TIM degradation from abrogation of its function by light; Direct interaction of CRY and TIM in yeast in a light-dependent fashion; Influence of PER/TIM and CRY on the subcellular distribution of these protein complexes; Conclusion that CRY act as a circadian photoreceptor.