Crespo lab

@ChlamyAutophagy

Crespo lab works on TOR signaling and autophagy in Chlamydomonas

IBVF Sevilla, Spain Joined July 2016

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Crespo lab @ChlamyAutophagy Apr 21, 2025

Our new paper on TOR is out in @ScienceAdvances ! We found that dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) generated in the chloroplast mediates the activation of TOR by CO2 and light in Chlamydomonas. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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www.science.org Dihydroxyacetone phosphate generated in the chloroplast mediates the activation of TOR by CO2 and... Light and CO2 activate the eukaryotic TOR kinase through the central metabolite dihydroxyacetone phosphate.

Crespo lab @ChlamyAutophagy Oct 2

Salicylic acid engages central metabolic regulators SnRK1 and TOR to g… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Crespo lab @ChlamyAutophagy Jun 15

Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a putative mechanism for cell size evolution | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

www.pnas.org Experimental evolution of cellular miniaturization reveals a putative mechanism for cell size... Cell volume, a key determinant of physiology, is maintained by cell size homeostasis. Large deviations from typical size are often harmful, yet cel...

Crespo lab @ChlamyAutophagy Jan 24

Metabolic rewiring and biomass redistribution enable optimized mixotrophic growth in Chlamydomonas | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

www.pnas.org Metabolic rewiring and biomass redistribution enable optimized mixotrophic growth in Chlamydomonas... Aquatic photosynthetic systems account for approximately one-half of all global carbon assimilation and could be a significant source of renewable ...

Crespo lab @ChlamyAutophagy Jan 24

A must-read review on the yeast and mammalian TOR signaling pathway by Claudio de Virgilio
EGO complex at 20: The Rag GTPase-TORC1 nutrient-sensing blueprint: Molecular Cell
doi.org/10.1016/j.molc…