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ArticleiScience2024

YAP condensates are highly organized hubs.

Siyuan Hao, Ye Jin Lee, Nadav Benhamou Goldfajn, Eduardo Flores, Jindayi Liang, Hannah Fuehrer, Justin Demmerle, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Zhe Liu, Shahar Sukenik and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Homer condensates orchestrate YAP-Wnt signaling crosstalk downstream of the Crumbs polarity complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  20. Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Siyuan HaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Ye Jin LeeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Nadav Benhamou GoldfajnDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Eduardo FloresDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
Jindayi LiangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Hannah FuehrerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Justin DemmerleDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Jennifer Lippincott-SchwartzJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Zhe LiuJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Shahar SukenikDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
Danfeng CaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Funding

TRAINING IN AREAS FUNDAMENTAL TO CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009110 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MATUNIS, MICHAEL J., WEERARATNA, ASHANI T · 1985 to 2025
$13.1M
Uncovering the structural underpinnings of function in disordered transcription factor regionsR35GM137926 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED · PI Shahar Sukenik · 2020 to 2026
$2.5M
Probing the Formation and Function of Transcription Hubs-Equipment SupplementR35GM142837 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CAI, DANFENG · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009110NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM137926NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

YAP/TEAD signaling is essential for organismal development, cell proliferation, and cancer progression. As a transcriptional coactivator, how YAP activates its downstream target genes is incompletely understood. YAP forms biomolecular condensates in response to hyperosmotic stress, concentrating transcription-related factors to activate downstream target genes. However, whether YAP forms condensates under other signals, how YAP condensates organize and function, and how YAP condensates activate transcription in general are unknown. Here, we report that endogenous YAP forms sub-micron scale condensates in response to Hippo pathway regulation and actin cytoskeletal tension. YAP condensates are stabilized by the transcription factor TEAD1, and recruit BRD4, a coactivator that is enriched at active enhancers. Using single-particle tracking, we found that YAP condensates slowed YAP diffusion within condensate boundaries, a possible mechanism for promoting YAP target search. These results reveal that YAP condensate formation is a highly regulated process that is critical for YAP/TEAD target gene expression.

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Biophysicsmolecular interactionmolecular mechanism of gene regulationproperties of biomoleculesprotein

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PMID38784009
PMCPMC11111833

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