AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy

Y Rabanal-Ruiz, EG Otten… - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Cells and organisms must coordinate their metabolic activity with changes in their
environment to ensure their growth only when conditions are favourable. In order to maintain …

The dawn of the age of amino acid sensors for the mTORC1 pathway

RL Wolfson, DM Sabatini - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a master regulator of cell
growth that responds to a diverse set of environmental inputs, including amino acids. Over …

The central moTOR of metabolism

J Simcox, DW Lamming - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
The protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) functions as a central regulator
of metabolism, integrating diverse nutritional and hormonal cues to control anabolic …

Nutrient sensing and TOR signaling in yeast and mammals

A González, MN Hall - The EMBO journal, 2017 - embopress.org
Coordinating cell growth with nutrient availability is critical for cell survival. The evolutionarily
conserved TOR (target of rapamycin) controls cell growth in response to nutrients, in …

mTORC1 and nutrient homeostasis: the central role of the lysosome

Y Rabanal-Ruiz, VI Korolchuk - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) coordinates cellular growth and
metabolism with environmental inputs to ensure that cells grow only under favourable …

Lysosome: The metabolic signaling hub

DW Lamming, L Bar‐Peled - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For the past five decades, the lysosome has been characterized as an unglamorous cellular
recycling center. This notion has undergone a radical shift in the last 10 years, with new …

Nutrient sensors and their crosstalk

Y Sung, YC Yu, JM Han - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The macronutrients glucose, lipids, and amino acids are the major components that maintain
life. The ability of cells to sense and respond to fluctuations in these nutrients is a crucial …

The architecture of the Rag GTPase signaling network

R Nicastro, A Sardu, N Panchaud, C De Virgilio - Biomolecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The evolutionarily conserved target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) couples an array of
intra-and extracellular stimuli to cell growth, proliferation and metabolism, and its …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into TOR signaling

L Tafur, J Kefauver, R Loewith - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) is a highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinase that
performs essential roles in the control of cellular growth and metabolism. TOR acts in two …