›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 21-24.

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Advances in the Studies of the Structure, Function and Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis of mTOR

JIANG Wei, WANG Xiu-qi, SHU Gang, JIANG Qing-yan   

  1. (College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-06-20 Published:2010-06-20
  • Contact: WANG Xiu-qi

Abstract: Mammalian target of rapamycin is a serine/threonine protein kinase, which can sense the signal of amino acid, growth factor, energy and pressure. It plays an important role in protein synthesis in skeletal muscle through its downstream signals by regulate translation initiation. There are some new researches of the effects on protein synthesis in skeletal muscle. This review summarizes the newest advances in the studies of mTOR.

Key words: mTOR; structure function; signaling pathway; skeletal muscle; protein synthesis

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