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Lynne Chantranupong

Harvard Medical School
Verified email at hms.harvard.edu
Cited by 8603

A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation

CC Thoreen, L Chantranupong, HR Keys, T Wang… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) kinase nucleates a pathway that promotes cell growth and
proliferation and is the target of rapamycin, a drug with many clinical uses 1 . mTORC1 …

A Tumor suppressor complex with GAP activity for the Rag GTPases that signal amino acid sufficiency to mTORC1

L Bar-Peled, L Chantranupong, AD Cherniack… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway promotes cell growth in response to many cues,
including amino acids, which act through the Rag guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) to …

Sestrin2 is a leucine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway

RL Wolfson, L Chantranupong, RA Saxton, K Shen… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Leucine is a proteogenic amino acid that also regulates many aspects of mammalian
physiology, in large part by activating the mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) protein kinase, a master …

Lysosomal amino acid transporter SLC38A9 signals arginine sufficiency to mTORC1

…, ME Plovanich, ED Yuan, TD Jones, L Chantranupong… - 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-, …

[HTML][HTML] The CASTOR proteins are arginine sensors for the mTORC1 pathway

L Chantranupong, SM Scaria, RA Saxton, MP Gygi… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Amino acids signal to the mTOR complex I (mTORC1) growth pathway through the Rag
GTPases. Multiple distinct complexes regulate the Rags, including GATOR1, a GTPase …

[PDF][PDF] The folliculin tumor suppressor is a GAP for the RagC/D GTPases that signal amino acid levels to mTORC1

ZY Tsun, L Bar-Peled, L Chantranupong, R Zoncu… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
The mTORC1 kinase is a master growth regulator that senses numerous environmental
cues, including amino acids. The Rag GTPases interact with mTORC1 and signal amino acid …

[PDF][PDF] The Sestrins interact with GATOR2 to negatively regulate the amino-acid-sensing pathway upstream of mTORC1

L Chantranupong, RL Wolfson, JM Orozco, RA Saxton… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) kinase is a major regulator of cell
growth that responds to numerous environmental cues. A key input is amino acids, which …

Structural basis for leucine sensing by the Sestrin2-mTORC1 pathway

…, KE Knockenhauer, RL Wolfson, L Chantranupong… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Eukaryotic cells coordinate growth with the availability of nutrients through the mechanistic
target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a master growth regulator. Leucine is of particular …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient-sensing mechanisms across evolution

L Chantranupong, RL Wolfson, DM Sabatini - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
For organisms to coordinate their growth and development with nutrient availability, they
must be able to sense nutrient levels in their environment. Here, we review select nutrient-…

KICSTOR recruits GATOR1 to the lysosome and is necessary for nutrients to regulate mTORC1

RL Wolfson, L Chantranupong, GA Wyant, X Gu… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a central regulator of cell
growth that responds to diverse environmental signals and is deregulated in many human …