Dissection of the interaction between the intrinsically disordered YAP protein and the transcription factor TEAD

• Main Authors: Yannick Mesrouze, Fedir Bokhovchuk, Marco Meyerhofer, Patrizia Fontana, Catherine Zimmermann, Typhaine Martin, Clara Delaunay, Dirk Erdmann, Tobias Schmelzle, Patrick Chène
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-04-01
• Series: eLife
• Subjects: protein-protein interaction; intrinsically disordered protein; molecular recognitiom
• Online Access: https://elifesciences.org/articles/25068

TEAD (TEA/ATTS domain) transcription factors are the most distal effectors of the Hippo pathway. YAP (Yes-associated protein) is a coactivator protein which, upon binding to TEAD proteins, stimulates their transcriptional activity. Since the Hippo pathway is deregulated in various cancers, designing inhibitors of the YAP:TEAD interaction is an attractive therapeutic strategy for oncology. Understanding the molecular events that take place at the YAP:TEAD interface is therefore important not only to devise drug discovery approaches, but also to gain knowledge on TEAD regulation. In this report, combining single site-directed mutagenesis and double mutant analyses, we conduct a detailed analysis on the role of several residues located at the YAP:TEAD interface. Our results provide quantitative understanding of the interactions taking place at the YAP:TEAD interface and give insights into the formation of the YAP:TEAD complex and more particularly on the interaction between TEAD and the Ω-loop found in YAP.