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  "dataset_version": "2.0.1",
  "corpus_snapshot": "2026-10-12T22:59:14+0200",
  "source_commit": "93739c9d195dc39e47eecfabc3cab2565a2f256f",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "cite": "Barton O. Oliver's mTOR Atlas. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22059963",
  "docs": "https://mtor-atlas.org/api/"
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  "id": "MTORC1-PGC1A",
  "claim": "mTORC1 activates PGC-1α / YY1",
  "source": {
   "name": "mTORC1",
   "entity": "mtorc1"
  },
  "target": {
   "name": "PGC-1α / YY1",
   "entity": "pgc-1alpha-yy1"
  },
  "effect": "activates",
  "type": "binding",
  "directness": "direct",
  "timescale": "hours",
  "compartment": "nucleus",
  "map_band": "nucleus",
  "species": [
   "mammalian cells"
  ],
  "mechanism": "mTOR interacts with YY1 and is required for the YY1–PGC-1α complex to drive mitochondrial gene expression; rapamycin lowers both the transcripts and oxygen consumption.",
  "mechanism_beginner": "mTOR works together with a gene-activating team to switch on mitochondrial genes – a rare example of this pathway acting inside the nucleus rather than at the cell's outer edges. The direct interaction rests on a single study in this Atlas.",
  "context": null,
  "boundary": "Single-study support in this corpus for the direct interaction; the downstream respiratory phenotype is better replicated than the binding itself.",
  "note": null,
  "consensus_contested": false,
  "curation_contested": false,
  "contested": false,
  "confidence": {
   "mechanistic": "high",
   "human_relevance": "plausible",
   "consensus": "emerging"
  },
  "evidence": {
   "kind": "Direct biochemical",
   "strongest": {
    "code": "M",
    "label": "Molecular — cells, biochemistry, structure"
   },
   "supporting": [
    "CUN2007"
   ],
   "conflicting": []
  },
  "external_refs": [],
  "reviewed": null,
  "updated": null,
  "checked": null,
  "review_status": "unreviewed",
  "reviewer": null,
  "curation_status": "Proposed",
  "url": "https://mtor-atlas.org/relation/MTORC1-PGC1A/",
  "api_url": "https://mtor-atlas.org/api/v1/relations/MTORC1-PGC1A.json"
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}