title: Nutrient sensing and TOR signaling in yeast and mammals.
abstract: Coordinating cell growth with nutrient availability is critical for cell survival. The evolutionarily conserved TOR (target of rapamycin) controls cell growth in response to nutrients, in particular amino acids. As a central controller of cell growth, mTOR (mammalian TOR) is implicated in several disorders, including cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Here, we review how nutrient availability is sensed and transduced to TOR in budding yeast and mammals. A better understanding of how nutrient availability is transduced to TOR may allow novel strategies in the treatment for mTOR-related diseases.
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Asier
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland m.hall@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2998-0757
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005502:Food; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
keywords: 
  RAG
  ; TORC1; amino acids; glucose; mammals; nutrients; yeast