Scientists discover essential amino acid sensor in key growth-regulating metabolic pathway
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 13:30
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.