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. 2020 Sep 10;25(18):4136. doi: 10.3390/molecules25184136

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The role of mTOR in vivo. mTOR promotes protein synthesis by phosphorylating its substrates S6 and EIF4E1. It can further activate downstream products of eIF4 complex to promote tumor development, regulate the cell cycle, and inhibit autophagy and apoptosis.