WWTR1
WWTR1 (WW domain-containing transcription regulator protein 1) is a gene that drives cell growth when it is altered. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Ovarian cancer, Breast cancer and Skin cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.
Biology
Transcriptional coactivator which acts as a downstream regulatory target in the Hippo signalling pathway that plays a pivotal role in organ size control and tumour suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis. The core of this pathway is composed of a kinase cascade wherein STK3/MST2 and STK4/MST1, in complex with its regulatory protein SAV1, phosphorylates and activates LATS1/2 in complex with its regulatory protein MOB1, which in turn phosphorylates and inactivates YAP1 oncoprotein and WWTR1/TAZ. WWTR1 enhances PAX8 and NKX2-1/TTF1-dependent gene activation. In conjunction with YAP1, involved in the regulation of TGFB1-dependent SMAD2 and SMAD3 nuclear accumulation. Plays a key role in coupling SMADs to the transcriptional machinery such as the mediator complex. Regulates embryonic stem-cell self-renewal, promotes cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Location: Nucleus; Cytoplasm; Cell membrane; Cell junction, tight junction (UniProt). Locus 3q25.1 (HGNC).
- Ovarian cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (OVT)
- Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
- Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
External identifiers
Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL idsProducts by modality and phase
Browse products →No product in the corpus is aimed at this target yet.
Trials
Evidence ranking →No trial in the corpus names this target or one of its products.
Resistance routes
Unaddressed routes →The resistance atlas has no route that names this target.
Pathways
Pathway-to-drug matrix →No pathway diagram carries this target as a node.
Companion diagnostics
Assay registry →No companion diagnostic in the registry measures this target.
Preclinical models
All models →No model entry for this target yet; check the cancer entries on the models page.
Open questions
All open questions →No open questions recorded for this target yet. Suggest one.
Literature
Preprints →Query for this target: (TITLE:"WWTR1" OR ABSTRACT:"WWTR1" OR TITLE:"WW domain containing transcription regulator 1" OR ABSTRACT:"WW domain containing transcription regulator 1" OR TITLE:"WW domain-containing transcription regulator protein 1" OR ABSTRACT:"WW domain-containing transcription regulator protein 1" OR TITLE:"DKFZp586I1419" OR ABSTRACT:"DKFZp586I1419") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about WWTR1, not a curated reading list.
Export
The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/wwtr1.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.