Entrez Summary: This gene is a member of the Period family of genes and is expressed in a circadian pattern in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the primary circadian pacemaker in the mammalian brain. Genes in this family encode components of the circadian rhythms of locomotor activity, metabolism, and behavior. This gene is upregulated by CLOCK/ARNTL heterodimers but then represses this upregulation in a feedback loop using PER/CRY heterodimers to interact with CLOCK/ARNTL. Polymorphisms in this gene have been linked to sleep disorders. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014].
UniProt Summary: N/A
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
PAS
Period C
PAS 3
GO Terms
transcription corepressor binding
regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep
entrainment of circadian clock by photoperiod
regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle
photoperiodism
entrainment of circadian clock
circadian regulation of gene expression
regulation of behavior
transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
kinase binding
regulation of circadian rhythm
circadian rhythm
protein stabilization
rhythmic process
regulation of protein stability
ubiquitin protein ligase binding
response to light stimulus
transcription factor binding
response to radiation
negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
response to abiotic stimulus
negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
negative regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
negative regulation of RNA metabolic process
negative regulation of cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
negative regulation of biosynthetic process
negative regulation of gene expression
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)