AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases

H Li, C Liu, R Li, L Zhou, Y Ran, Q Yang, H Huang… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract l-lactate modifies proteins through lactylation, but how this process occurs is
unclear. Here we identify the alanyl-tRNA synthetases AARS1 and AARS2 (AARS1/2) as …

Mechanism of arginine sensing by CASTOR1 upstream of mTORC1

RA Saxton, L Chantranupong, KE Knockenhauer… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1) is a major regulator of
eukaryotic growth that coordinates anabolic and catabolic cellular processes with inputs …

Paradox of mistranslation of serine for alanine caused by AlaRS recognition dilemma

M Guo, YE Chong, R Shapiro, K Beebe, XL Yang… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Mistranslation arising from confusion of serine for alanine by alanyl-tRNA synthetases
(AlaRSs) has profound functional consequences,,. Throughout evolution, two editing …

O-GlcNAc modification of leucyl-tRNA synthetase 1 integrates leucine and glucose availability to regulate mTORC1 and the metabolic fate of leucine

K Kim, HC Yoo, BG Kim, S Kim, Y Sung, I Yoon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
All living organisms have the ability to sense nutrient levels to coordinate cellular
metabolism. Despite the importance of nutrient-sensing pathways that detect the levels of …

LACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages

Z Wei, J Oh, RA Flavell, JM Crawford - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The mammalian immune system uses various pattern recognition receptors to recognize
invaders and host damage and transmits this information to downstream immunometabolic …

CRISPR screens unveil signal hubs for nutrient licensing of T cell immunity

L Long, J Wei, SA Lim, JL Raynor, H Shi, JP Connelly… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Nutrients are emerging regulators of adaptive immunity. Selective nutrients interplay with
immunological signals to activate mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a …

Lysosomal amino acid transporter SLC38A9 signals arginine sufficiency to mTORC1

S Wang, ZY Tsun, RL Wolfson, K Shen, GA Wyant… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) protein kinase is a master growth
regulator that responds to multiple environmental cues. Amino acids stimulate, in a Rag …

The alanyl-tRNA synthetase AARS1 moonlights as a lactyltransferase to promote YAP signaling in gastric cancer

J Ju, H Zhang, M Lin, Z Yan, L An… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Lactylation has been recently identified as a new type of posttranslational modification
occurring widely on lysine residues of both histone and nonhistone proteins. The …

Asparagine enhances LCK signalling to potentiate CD8+ T-cell activation and anti-tumour responses

J Wu, G Li, L Li, D Li, Z Dong, P Jiang - Nature cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Nutrient availability is central for T-cell functions and immune responses. Here we report that
CD8+ T-cell activation and anti-tumour responses are strongly potentiated by the non …

Domain-specific recruitment of amide amino acids for protein synthesis

DL Tumbula, HD Becker, W Chang, D Söll - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
The formation of aminoacyl-transfer RNA is a crucial step in ensuring the accuracy of protein
synthesis. Despite the central importance of this process in all living organisms, it remains …