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TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 148-159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.10.003
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- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Canton of Geneva
- European Research Council
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The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) is a conserved serine/threonine (ser/thr) kinase that functions in two, distinct, multiprotein complexes called TORC1 and TORC2. Each complex regulates different aspects of eukaryote growth: TORC1 regulates cell volume and/or mass by influencing protein synthesis and turnover, while TORC2, as detailed in this review, regulates cell surface area by influencing lipid production and intracellular turgor. TOR complexes function in feedback loops, implying that downstream effectors are also likely to be involved in upstream regulation. In this regard, the notion that TORCs function primarily as mediators of cellular and organismal homeostasis is fundamentally different from the current, predominate view of TOR as a direct transducer of extracellular biotic and abiotic signals.
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