Sensing nutrient and energy status by SnRK1 and TOR kinases.
The perception of nutrient and energy levels inside and outside the cell is crucial to adjust growth and metabolism to available resources. The signaling pathways centered on the conserved TOR and SnRK1/Snf1/AMPK kinases have crucial and numerous roles in nutrient and energy sensing and in translating this information into metabolic and developmental adaptations. In plants evidence is mounting that, like in other eukaryotes, these signaling pathways have pivotal and antagonistic roles in connecting external or intracellular cues to many biological processes, including ribosome biogenesis, regulation of translation, cell division, accumulation of reserves and autophagy. Data on the plant TOR pathway have been hitherto rather scarce but recent findings have shed new light on its roles in plants. Moreover, the distinctive energy metabolism of photosynthetic organisms may reveal new features of these ancestral eukaryotic signaling elements.
Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, UMR 7265, CEA/CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, 163 Avenue de Luminy, Marseille, France.
Christophe
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Robaglia
Martine
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Thomas
Christian
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Meyer
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D001343:Autophagy / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D063245:Plant Development; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D010940:Plant Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases