The drug blocks the activity of a protein known as mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which promotes proliferation through the activation of proteins such as S6 kinase. Although the mTOR ...

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) protein, a member of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-related protein kinase (PIKK) family, has a central role in two growth-regulatory pathways that have ...

Experiments in mice genetically manipulated to over-express the pathological form of alpha-synuclein showed that it indeed caused cells to increase protein synthesis by activating mTOR.

So how does protein synthesis make hair? If you've looked at the activity (or even the text version of the activity), you know how a section of DNA instructs a cell how to make a protein.

Leucine is the most important of these for muscle protein synthesis and repair. It also plays a role in regulating the mTOR ...