title: TEAD/TEF transcription factors utilize the activation domain of YAP65, a Src/Yes-associated protein localized in the cytoplasm.
abstract: Mammals express four highly conserved TEAD/TEF transcription factors that bind the same DNA sequence, but serve different functions during development. TEAD-2/TEF-4 protein purified from mouse cells was associated predominantly with a novel TEAD-binding domain at the amino terminus of YAP65, a powerful transcriptional coactivator. YAP65 interacted specifically with the carboxyl terminus of all four TEAD proteins. Both this interaction and sequence-specific DNA binding by TEAD were required for transcriptional activation in mouse cells. Expression of YAP in lymphocytic cells that normally do not support TEAD-dependent transcription (e.g., MPC11) resulted in up to 300-fold induction of TEAD activity. Conversely, TEAD overexpression squelched YAP activity. Therefore, the carboxy-terminal acidic activation domain in YAP is the transcriptional activation domain for TEAD transcription factors. However, whereas TEAD was concentrated in the nucleus, excess YAP65 accumulated in the cytoplasm as a complex with the cytoplasmic localization protein, 14-3-3. Because TEAD-dependent transcription was limited by YAP65, and YAP65 also binds Src/Yes protein tyrosine kinases, we propose that YAP65 regulates TEAD-dependent transcription in response to mitogenic signals.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2753, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vassilev
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: DePamphilis
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000091102:YAP-Signaling Proteins; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; C486310:Tead2 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000091102:YAP-Signaling Proteins; C486223:Yap1 protein, mouse; D019061:src-Family Kinases