title: mTORC2 Caught in a SINful Akt.
abstract: The target of rapamycin (TOR), a central controller of cell growth, is found in two distinct, highly conserved multiprotein complexes. Three recent papers in Cell (Jacinto et al., 2006), Developmental Cell (shiota et al., 2006; this issue), and Current Biology (Frias et al., 2006) shed light on mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) composition and in vivo function. An important new finding is that mTORC2 determines Akt/PKB substrate specificity rather than absolute activity.
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pazit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Polak
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C493277:MAPKAP1 protein, human; C099837:SAP1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C546842:MTOR protein, human; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases