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Unveiling GATOR2 Function: Novel Insights from Drosophila Research.

Lucia Bettedi, Yingbiao Zhang, Shu Yang, Mary A Lilly

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Review in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Lucia BettediEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Yingbiao ZhangInstitute for Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3821-0076
Shu YangEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Mary A LillyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1564-619X

Funding

Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health HD00163 16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The multiprotein Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Complex 1 (TORC1) is a serine/threonine kinase that stimulates anabolic metabolism and suppresses catabolism. Deregulation of TORC1 is implicated in various human pathologies, including cancer, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative disorders. The Gap Activity Towards Rags (GATOR) complex contains two subcomplexes: GATOR1, which inhibits TORC1 activity; and GATOR2, which counteracts GATOR1s function. Structural and biochemical studies have elucidated how GATOR1 regulates TORC1 activity by acting as a GTPase activating protein for Rag GTPase. However, while cryogenic electron microscopy has determined that the structure of the multi-protein GATOR2 complex is conserved from yeast to humans, how GATOR2 inhibits GATOR1 remains unclear. Here, we describe recent whole-animal studies in Drosophila that have yielded novel insights into GATOR2 function, including identifying a novel role for the GATOR2 subunit WDR59, redefining the core proteins sufficient for GATOR2 activity, and defining a TORC1-independent role for GATOR2 in the regulation of the lysosomal autophagic endomembrane system. Additionally, the recent characterization of a novel methionine receptor in Drosophila that acts through the GATOR2 complex suggests an attractive model for the evolution of species-specific nutrient sensors. Research on GATOR2 function in Drosophila highlights how whole-animal genetic models can be used to dissect intracellular signaling pathways to identify tissue-specific functions and functional redundancies that may be missed in studies confined to rapidly proliferating cell lines.

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Drosophila ProteinsAnimalsAutophagyDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterHumansMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1Drosophila ProteinsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1DrosophilaGATOR1GATOR2MIT/TFERag GTPasespecies-specific nutrient sensorTORC1UNMETWdr59

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