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- Title
The Roles of Hippo Signaling Transducers Yap and Taz in Chromatin Remodeling.
- Authors
Hillmer, Ryan E.; Link, Brian A.
- Abstract
Hippo signaling controls cellular processes that ultimately impact organogenesis and homeostasis. Consequently, disease states including cancer can emerge when signaling is deregulated. The major pathway transducers Yap and Taz require cofactors to impart transcriptional control over target genes. Research into Yap/Taz-mediated epigenetic modifications has revealed their association with chromatin-remodeling complex proteins as a means of altering chromatin structure, therefore affecting accessibility and activity of target genes. Specifically, Yap/Taz have been found to associate with factors of the GAGA, Ncoa6, Mediator, Switch/sucrose nonfermentable (SWI/SNF), and Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) chromatin-remodeling complexes to alter the accessibility of target genes. This review highlights the different mechanisms by which Yap/Taz collaborate with other factors to modify DNA packing at specific loci to either activate or repress target gene transcription.
- Subjects
CHROMATIN; TRANSDUCERS; GENE targeting; CHROMATIN-remodeling complexes; MOLECULAR structure of chromatin; DISEASE progression
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2019, Vol 8, Issue 5, p502
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells8050502