Scientists Discover Essential Amino Acid Sensor in Key Growth-Regulating Metabolic Pathway
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Whitehead Institute scientists have at last answered the long-standing question of how the growth-regulating pathway known as mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) detects the presence of the amino acid leucine--itself a key player in modulating muscle growth, appetite, and insulin secretion.