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Researchers have found that the amino acid cysteine activates the key cell TORC1, which controls cell growth and recycling in organisms. This finding is important as faulty TORC1 has been linked to diseases like cancer.
Researchers have discovered how amino acids activate a key cell, TORC1, which is a master regulator in living organisms that controls whether cells grow or recycle their contents in yeast. Notably, the team found that the amino acid cysteine is sensed by a protein called Pib2 and that the two bind together to trigger TORC1. This is important because faulty TORC1 has been linked to disease such as cancer.