Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Endothelial FAT1 inhibits angiogenesis by controlling YAP/TAZ protein degradation via E3 ligase MIB2

  • Rui Li,
  • Jingchen Shao,
  • Young-June Jin,
  • Haruya Kawase,
  • Yu Ting Ong,
  • Kerstin Troidl,
  • Qi Quan,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Remy Bonnavion,
  • Astrid Wietelmann,
  • Francoise Helmbacher,
  • Michael Potente,
  • Johannes Graumann,
  • Nina Wettschureck,
  • Stefan Offermanns

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37671-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The authors report that endothelial protocadherin FAT1 inhibits endothelial proliferation and angiogenesis by promoting degradation of the transcriptional cofactors YAP and TAZ by direct interaction with the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mind Bomb-2 (MIB2).