GbetaL, a positive regulator of the rapamycin-sensitive pathway required for the nutrient-sensitive interaction between raptor and mTOR.
Journal:
Mol. Cell 2003 AprAuthors:
Kim DH, Sarbassov DD, Ali SM, Latek RR, Guntur KV, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Sabatini DM
Abstract
mTOR and raptor are components of a signaling pathway that regulates mammalian cell growth in response to nutrients and growth factors. Here, we identify a member of this pathway, a protein named GbetaL that binds to the kinase domain of mTOR and stabilizes the interaction of raptor with mTOR. Like mTOR and raptor, GbetaL participates in nutrient- and growth factor-mediated signaling to S6K1, a downstream effector of mTOR, and in the control of cell size. The binding of GbetaL to mTOR strongly s
...[more]timulates the kinase activity of mTOR toward S6K1 and 4E-BP1, an effect reversed by the stable interaction of raptor with mTOR. Interestingly, nutrients and rapamycin regulate the association between mTOR and raptor only in complexes that also contain GbetaL. Thus, we propose that the opposing effects on mTOR activity of the GbetaL- and raptor-mediated interactions regulate the mTOR pathway.[less]
Mesh Headings:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Carrier Proteins, Cell Differentiation, Cell Size, Eukaryotic Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Macromolecular Substances, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphoproteins, Protein Binding, Protein Kinases, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Subunits, Proteins, Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa, Signal Transduction, Sirolimus, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, Tacrolimus Binding Proteins