Npr2 inhibits TORC1 to prevent inappropriate utilization of glutamine for biosynthesis of nitrogen-containing metabolites

Science Signaling

Volumn 7, Issue 356, 2014, Pages

  Laxman, Sunil ^a,b   Sutter, Benjamin M ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Tu, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; NPR2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NPR2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TORC1 PROTEIN COMPLEX, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METABOLITE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WILD TYPE; YEAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GLUTAMINE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84919400169     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005948     Document Type: Article

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