“…Both isoforms belong to the superfamily of serine/threonine-specific kinases that play a major role in regulating and sustaining the pace of the molecular clock by phosphorylating circadian proteins, BMAL1, CRY, PER1 and PER2 (Eide, Kang, Crapo, Gallego, & Virshup, 2005; Meng et al, 2008). PER2 is rhythmically destabilized by CK1 ε / δ phosphorylation (Eide et al, 2005; Etchegaray et al, 2009; Meng et al, 2008), and pharmacological inhibition of CK1 ε / δ induces phase delays of circadian locomotor activity, enhances PER2 protein levels, and inhibits nuclear translocation of PER3 (Badura et al, 2007; Sprouse et al, 2010). CK1 ε / δ inhibition also inhibits PER3 nuclear translocation (Sprouse et al, 2010).…”