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Published in final edited form as: Trends Biochem Sci. 2016 May 10;41(7):621–632. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.04.005

Table 1.

Identified functions of mammalian Sestrin isoforms.

Functions Inhibits ROS in cells In vitro a Ahp activity Binds to Keap1 Inhibits mTORC1 in cells Binds to GATOR2 Binds to mTORC2 Activates Akt in cells Activates AMPK in cells In vitro leucine binding
Sesn1 O - O O O - O O O
Sesn2 O O O O O O O O O
Sesn3 O - - O O O O O
Ref [7,27] [21] [13] [8,62] [1719] [15] [11,15] [8,62] [23]
a

alkylhydroperoxidase

O = Functional

▲ = Weak

- = Undetermined