The role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancer metabolism

T Sun, Z Liu, Q Yang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming, including enhanced biosynthesis of macromolecules, altered
energy metabolism, and maintenance of redox homeostasis, is considered a hallmark of …

The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

mTOR as a central hub of nutrient signalling and cell growth

J Kim, KL Guan - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The highly conserved protein kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR; originally
known as mammalian target of rapamycin) is a central cell growth regulator connecting …

Amino acid-dependent control of mTORC1 signaling: a variety of regulatory modes

T Takahara, Y Amemiya, R Sugiyama, M Maki… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is an essential regulator of cell
growth and metabolism through the modulation of protein and lipid synthesis, lysosome …

Targeting mTOR for cancer therapy

H Hua, Q Kong, H Zhang, J Wang, T Luo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a protein kinase regulating cell growth, survival,
metabolism, and immunity. mTOR is usually assembled into several complexes such as …

mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy

Y Rabanal-Ruiz, EG Otten… - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Cells and organisms must coordinate their metabolic activity with changes in their
environment to ensure their growth only when conditions are favourable. In order to maintain …

The mechanistic target of rapamycin: the grand conducTOR of metabolism and aging

BK Kennedy, DW Lamming - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Since the discovery that rapamycin, a small molecule inhibitor of the protein kinase mTOR
(mechanistic target of rapamycin), can extend the lifespan of model organisms including …

Nutrient sensing and TOR signaling in yeast and mammals

A González, MN Hall - The EMBO journal, 2017 - embopress.org
Coordinating cell growth with nutrient availability is critical for cell survival. The evolutionarily
conserved TOR (target of rapamycin) controls cell growth in response to nutrients, in …

The cilium: cellular antenna and central processing unit

JJ Malicki, CA Johnson - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
Cilia mediate an astonishing diversity of processes. Recent advances provide unexpected
insights into the regulatory mechanisms of cilium formation, and reveal diverse regulatory …

Protein post-translational modifications in the regulation of cancer hallmarks

H Wang, L Yang, M Liu, J Luo - Cancer Gene Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) of proteins, the major mechanism of protein function
regulation, play important roles in regulating a variety of cellular physiological and …