The kinase triad, AMPK, mTORC1 and ULK1, maintains energy and nutrient homoeostasis

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 939-943

  Dunlop, Elaine A ^a   Tee, Andrew R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMP activated protein kinase (AMPK); Autophagy; Feedback; Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1); Signalling; Unc 51 like kinase 1 (ULK1)

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNC 51 LIKE KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL GROWTH; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; NUTRIENT HOMEOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ADENYLATE KINASE; AUTOPHAGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84880541343     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130030     Document Type: Article

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