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ArticleeLife2014

The Hippo effector Yorkie activates transcription by interacting with a histone methyltransferase complex through Ncoa6.

Yun Qing, Feng Yin, Wei Wang, Yonggang Zheng, Pengfei Guo, Frederick Schozer, Hua Deng, Duojia Pan

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Article in eLife, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Yorkie/YAP Interactors: Fine-Tuning the Hippo Pathway Output.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yun QingDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Feng YinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Wei WangDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Yonggang ZhengDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Pengfei GuoDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Frederick SchozerDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States.
Hua DengDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Duojia PanDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Control of Cell Number in Developing RetinaR01EY015708 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DUOJIA PAN · 2004 to 2026
$8.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNEI NIH HHS EY015708NEI NIH HHS R01 EY015708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hippo signaling pathway regulates tissue growth in Drosophila through the transcriptional coactivator Yorkie (Yki). How Yki activates target gene transcription is poorly understood. Here, we identify Nuclear receptor coactivator 6 (Ncoa6), a subunit of the Trithorax-related (Trr) histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methyltransferase complex, as a Yki-binding protein. Like Yki, Ncoa6 and Trr are functionally required for Hippo-mediated growth control and target gene expression. Strikingly, artificial tethering of Ncoa6 to Sd is sufficient to promote tissue growth and Yki target expression even in the absence of Yki, underscoring the importance of Yki-mediated recruitment of Ncoa6 in transcriptional activation. Consistent with the established role for the Trr complex in histone methylation, we show that Yki, Ncoa6, and Trr are required for normal H3K4 methylation at Hippo target genes. These findings shed light on Yki-mediated transcriptional regulation and uncover a potential link between chromatin modification and tissue growth.

Indexed as

AnimalsChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDNADrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression RegulationHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesModels, GeneticMutationNuclear ProteinsNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsProtein BindingRNA InterferenceSignal TransductionTrans-ActivatorsDNADrosophila ProteinsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesNcoa6 protein, DrosophilaNuclear ProteinsNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsTrans-ActivatorsTRR protein, DrosophilaYAP-Signaling ProteinsYki protein, Drosophiladevelopmental biologyD. melanogastergrowth controlHippo signalinghistone methylationstem cellstranscription factors

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PMID25027438
PMCPMC4118621
OpenAlexW2023066688

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