Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04960-2 published online 20 July 2022.

The authors wish to include a reference to Lu, J. et al. (Sestrin is a key regulator of stem cell function and lifespan in response to dietary amino acids. Nat Aging 1, 60–72 (2021)) that reported complementary findings with regards to an amino acid-sensing role of Sestrin in Drosophila. The HTML and PDF versions of the article have been amended to include this as reference 42.