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Mitochondrial genomic dysfunction causes dephosphorylation of SCH9 in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Kawai, Shigeyuki ; Urban, Jörg ; Piccolis, Manuele ; Panchaud, Nicolas ; De Virgilio, Claudio ; Loewith, Robbie

In: Eukaryotic Cell, 2011, vol. 10, no. 10, p. 1367-1369

TORC1-dependent phosphorylation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sch9 was dramatically reduced upon exposure to a protonophore or in respiration-incompetent ρ⁰ cells but not in respiration-incompetent pet mutants, providing important insight into the molecular mechanisms governing interorganellar signaling in general and retrograde signaling in particular

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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...

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Caffeine extends yeast lifespan by targeting TORC1

Wanke, Valeria ; Cameroni, Elisabetta ; Uotila, Aino ; Piccolis, Manuele ; Urban, Jörg ; Loewith, Robbie ; De Virgilio, Claudio

In: Molecular Microbiology, 2008, vol. 69, no. 1, p. 277 - 285

Dietary nutrient limitation (dietary restriction) is known to increase lifespan in a variety of organisms. Although the molecular events that couple dietary restriction to increased lifespan are not clear, studies of the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae have implicated several nutrient-sensitive kinases, including the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1), Sch9, protein kinase A (PKA) and...