Illustration for the article "Light regulates alternative splicing outcomes via the TOR kinase pathway"
Riegler S, Servi L, Scarpin MR, Godoy Herz MA, Kubaczka MG, Venhuizen P, Meyer C, Brunkard JO, Kalyna M, Barta A, Petrillo E.Cell Rep. 2021 Sep 7;36(10):109676. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109676.
A central role for TOR kinase paired with retrograde signaling in alternative splicing regulation by light in roots and, to a certain extent, in leaves. Activating the TOR pathway, sugars act as mobile signals to coordinate alternative splicing responses to light throughout the whole plant.
