The Hippo pathway transcription factor TEAD is found to exist in monomer-multimer equilibrium.
DNA-binding competent structure of the monomer is preserved in domain-swapped dimer.
The ∆ L1 TEAD monomer fold is similar to that of the Radialis MYB domain of plants.
Domain-swapped dimer is unable to bind cooperatively on direct repeat DNA elements.
The first structure-based mechanism for DNA selectivity of TEAD is identified.