Great work by Mallén-Ponce et al. (2025) on how they identified #dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) as a key metabolite regulating the activation of #PlantTOR in the green alga #Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in response to #CO2 availability and light signals 🌅.
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Dihydroxyacetone phosphate generated in the chloroplast mediates the activation of TOR by CO2 and light Light and CO2 activate the eukaryotic TOR kinase through the central metabolite dihydroxyacetone phosphate.

Glad to share our latest paper published in Science Advances! In this work, we show that #light and #CO₂ regulate #TOR through cytoplasmic #dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), revealing a key metabolic link in TOR signaling.@ibvf-sevilla.bsky.social @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu1240