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Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder
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Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder

by Tim Stephens,  University of California – Santa Cruz Cryptochrome is one of four main clock proteins that drive daily biological rhythms. This illustration shows a “pocket” in the clock protein complex where binding of the “tail” of the cryptochrome protein helps regulate the timing of the biological clock. A new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz...