Deprivation of leucine led to a reduction in the electrophoretic mobility of Sestrin2.
Reduced electrophoretic mobility was due to increased phosphorylation.
Sestrin2 phosphorylation was independent of mTORC1, but dependent upon ULK1.
Sites of Sestrin2 phosphorylation were identified as Thr232, Ser249, and Ser279.
A phospho-mimetic Sestrin2 variant repressed mTORC1 in a leucine-independent manner.