Scientists design new molecule which impact clock protein and sleep/wake cycle
Q. Scientists design new molecule to modify sleep wake cycle paving the way for treatment of sleep disturbance and disorders. These molecules act on proteins called CRY which stands for______.- Published on 01 Jun 16a. Clock Proteins
b. Cognitive Proteins
c. Calcium Proteins
d. Cathode Protein
ANSWER: Clock Proteins
Scientists have designed new molecules that can modify the sleep/wake cycle, paving the way for improved treatments for jet lag and sleep disorders.Scientists from Nagoya University’s Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) in Japan have synthesised molecules that can shorten the circadian period.
- These molecules act directly on one of our “clock proteins”, called CRY
- Most living organisms have a biological clock that resets every 24 hours, regulating functions such as sleep/wake cycles and metabolism.
- When this cycle is disrupted, like in jet lag, sleep disorders occur, they said.
- Long-term sleep loss may affect the cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and nervous systems with severe consequences including hypertension, obesity and mental health disorders, among others
