Description
Product Characteristics:
mTOR is one of a family of proteins involved in cell cycle progression, DNA recombination, and DNA damage detection. In rat, it is a 289- kDa protein (symbolized RAFT1) with significant homology to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein TOR1 and has been shown to associate with the immunophilin FKBP12 in a rapamycin dependent fashion. The FKBP12-rapamycin complex is known to inhibit progression through the G1 cell cycle stage by interfering with mitogenic signaling pathways involved in G1 progression in several cell types, as well as in yeast. The binding of FRAP to FKBP12-rapamycin correlated with the ability of these ligands to inhibit cell cycle progression.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: dJ576K7.1 FK506 binding protein 12 rapamycin associated protein 1, FK506 binding protein 12 rapamycin associated protein 1, FK506 binding protein 12 rapamycin associated protein 2, FK506 binding protein 12 rapamycin complex associated protein 1, FK506 binding protein12-rapamycin associated protein 1, FK506 binding protein12-rapamycin associated protein 2, FK506-binding protein 12-rapamycin complex-associated protein 1, FKBP rapamycin associated protein, FKBP12 rapamycin complex associated protein, FKBP12-rapamycin complex-associated protein, FLJ44809, FRAP, FRAP1, FRAP2, Mammalian target of rapamycin, Mechanistic target of rapamycin, mTOR, MTOR_HUMAN, OTTHUMP00000001983, RAFT1, Rapamycin and FKBP12 target 1, Rapamycin associated protein FRAP2, Rapamycin target protein 1, Rapamycin target protein, RAPT1, Serine/threonine-protein kinase mTOR.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene belongs to a family of phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinases. These kinases mediate cellular responses to stresses such as DNA damage and nutrient deprivation. This protein acts as the target for the cell-cycle arrest and immunosuppressive effects of the FKBP12-rapamycin complex. The ANGPTL7 gene is located in an intron of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]