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Leucyl-tRNA synthetase controls TORC1 via the EGO complex

Bonfils, Grégory ; Jaquenoud, Malika ; Bontron, Séverine ; Ostrowicz, Clemens ; Ungermann, Christian ; De Virgilio, Claudio

In: Molecular Cell, 2012, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 105–110

The target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is an essential regulator of eukaryotic cell growth that responds to growth factors, energy levels, and amino acids. The mechanisms through which the preeminent amino acid leucine signals to the TORC1-regulatory Rag GTPases, which activate TORC1 within the yeast EGO complex (EGOC) or the structurally related mammalian Rag-Ragulator complex, remain...

Université de Fribourg

The Vam6 GEF controls TORC1 by activating the EGO complex

Binda, Matteo ; Péli-Gulli, Marie-Pierre ; Bonfils, Grégory ; Panchaud, Nicolas ; Urban, Jörg ; Sturgill, Thomas W. ; Loewith, Robbie ; De Virgilio, Claudio

In: Molecular Cell, 2009, vol. 35, no. 5, p. 563-573

The target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is a central regulator of eukaryotic cell growth that is activated by a variety of hormones (e.g., insulin) and nutrients (e.g., amino acids) and is deregulated in various cancers. Here, we report that the yeast Rag GTPase homolog Gtr1, a component of the vacuolar-membrane-associated EGO complex (EGOC), interacts with and activates TORC1 in an...