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9D: mTOR and Nutrient Signaling

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    4613
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    Learning Objectives

    • Describe the structure of mTOR Complex I and II;
    • Describe how rapamycin inhibits mTORC1;
    • Draw a cartoon of a generic protein kinase showing how its activity and specificity is regulated by activation and catalytic loops along with other protein binding partners;
    • Describe the structural differences between mTORC1 kinase and other kinases.
    • List typical substrates of mTORC1 and mTORC2;
    • Draw cartoons to show how Leu interacts with sestrin 2 and how this interaction activates mTORC1;
    • Describe how mTORC1 is recruited to lysosomal membranes and regulated by leucine through sestrin2, GATOR (GAP) proteins, Rag (small G) proteins, and Ragulator (GEF) proteins;
    • Explain how interactions of mTORC1 with Tsc 2/1 (GAP) proteins and Rheb (small G) proteins regulate mTORC1;
    • Describe how mTORC1 kinase activity is regulated by insulin through Akt and growth factors through MAP kinases;
    • Describe the different effects in metabolism mediated by AMPK and mTORC1


    This page titled 9D: mTOR and Nutrient Signaling is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Henry Jakubowski.

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