The role of TOR in autophagy regulation from yeast to plants and mammals

S Díaz-Troya, ME Pérez-Pérez, FJ Florencio… - Autophagy, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The target of rapamycin (TOR) is a conserved Ser/Thr kinase that controls cell growth by
activating an array of anabolic processes including protein synthesis, transcription, and …

TOR complex 2: a signaling pathway of its own

N Cybulski, MN Hall - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2009 - cell.com
Research on TOR has grown exponentially during the last decade, generating a complex
model of the TOR signaling network. Rapamycin treatment provides a simple and …

Systemic analysis of inducible target of rapamycin mutants reveal a general metabolic switch controlling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

C Caldana, Y Li, A Leisse, Y Zhang… - The Plant …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The target of rapamycin (TOR) pathway is a major regulator of growth in all eukaryotes,
integrating energy, nutrient and stress signals into molecular decisions. By using large …

Exaptive evolution of target of rapamycin signaling in multicellular eukaryotes

JO Brunkard - Developmental Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Target of rapamycin (TOR) is a protein kinase that coordinates metabolism with nutrient and
energy availability in eukaryotes. TOR and its primary interactors, RAPTOR and LST8, have …

TOR regulation of AGC kinases in yeast and mammals

E Jacinto, A Lorberg - Biochemical Journal, 2008 - portlandpress.com
The TOR (target of rapamycin), an atypical protein kinase, is evolutionarily conserved from
yeast to man. Pharmacological studies using rapamycin to inhibit TOR and yeast genetic …

Rapamycin sensitivity of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe tor2 mutant and organization of two highly phosphorylated TOR complexes by specific and common …

T Hayashi, M Hatanaka, K Nagao, Y Nakaseko… - Genes to …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrients are essential for cell growth and division. Screening of Schizosaccharomyces
pombe temperature‐sensitive strains led to the isolation of a nutrient‐insensitive mutant, tor2 …

TORC 1 signaling inhibition by rapamycin and caffeine affect lifespan, global gene expression, and cell proliferation of fission yeast

C Rallis, S Codlin, J Bähler - Aging cell, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC 1) is implicated in growth control and aging from
yeast to humans. Fission yeast is emerging as a popular model organism to study TOR …

The Protein Kinase Tor1 Regulates Adhesin Gene Expression in Candida albicans

RJ Bastidas, J Heitman, ME Cardenas - PLoS pathogens, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Eukaryotic cell growth is coordinated in response to nutrient availability, growth factors, and
environmental stimuli, enabling cell–cell interactions that promote survival. The rapamycin …

Transcriptome analysis reveals new insight into appressorium formation and function in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Y Oh, N Donofrio, H Pan, S Coughlan, DE Brown… - Genome biology, 2008 - Springer
Background Rice blast disease is caused by the filamentous Ascomycetous fungus
Magnaporthe oryzae and results in significant annual rice yield losses worldwide. Infection …

TOR signalling regulates mitotic commitment through the stress MAP kinase pathway and the Polo and Cdc2 kinases

J Petersen, P Nurse - Nature cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
The coupling of growth to cell cycle progression allows eukaryotic cells to divide at particular
sizes depending on nutrient availability. In fission yeast, this coupling involves the Spc1/Sty1 …