title: Tor signalling in bugs, brain and brawn.
abstract: TOR--a highly conserved atypical protein kinase and the 'target of rapamycin', an immunosuppressant and anti-cancer drug--controls cell growth. TOR controls the growth of proliferating yeast, fly and mammalian cells in response to nutrients. Recent findings, however, indicate that TOR also controls the growth of non-proliferating cells, such as neurons and muscle cells. Furthermore, TOR, by associating with regulatory proteins and inhibiting phosphatases, controls the activity of multiphosphorylated effectors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacinto
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D006801:Humans; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000502:physiology*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D022061:Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C083324:TOR1 protein, S cerevisiae; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C080148:tor protein, Drosophila; D022061:Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A