Figure 1.
Tight control of YAP half-life. Mechanotransduction through Rho proteins and the actin cytoskeleton regulates the phosphorylation of YAP by the upstream kinases Lats1/2 and its degradation by proteasomes. Nutritional cues and TSC mutations leading to mTOR activation regulate degradation of YAP by lysosomes through the autophagy pathway.