TEAD4(216-434) complexed with optimized peptide 9 and myristoate (covalently bound) at 2.01A resolution: Structure-based design of potent linear peptide inhibitors of the YAP-TEAD protein-protein interaction derived from the YAP omega-loop sequence
Primary Citation of Related Structures:   6Q2X, 6Q36
PubMed Abstract: 
The YAP-TEAD protein-protein interaction is a potential therapeutic target to treat cancers in which the Hippo signaling pathway is deregulated. However, the extremely large surface of interaction between the two proteins presents a formidable challenge for a small molecule interaction disrupter approach ...
The YAP-TEAD protein-protein interaction is a potential therapeutic target to treat cancers in which the Hippo signaling pathway is deregulated. However, the extremely large surface of interaction between the two proteins presents a formidable challenge for a small molecule interaction disrupter approach. We have accomplished progress towards showing the feasibility of this approach by the identification of a 15-mer peptide able to potently (nanomolar range) disrupt the YAP-TEAD interaction by targeting only one of the two important sites of interaction. This peptide, incorporating non-natural amino acids selected by structure-based design, is derived from the Ω-loop sequence 85-99 of YAP.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.