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The TORC1 pathway to protein destruction

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A study of the proteasome — a protein-degradation complex — reveals an evolutionarily conserved pathway that acts through the protein kinase TORC1 to adjust proteasome levels in response to cellular needs. See Letter p.184

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Figure 1: Evolutionarily conserved regulation of proteasome abundance.

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Chantranupong, L., Sabatini, D. The TORC1 pathway to protein destruction. Nature 536, 155–156 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18919

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