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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila Hedgehog protein and its vertebrate counterpart Sonic hedgehog are required for a wide variety of patterning events throughout development. Hedgehog proteins are secreted from cells and undergo autocatalytic cleavage and cholesterol modification to produce a mature signaling domain. This domain of Sonic hedgehog has recently been shown to acquire an N-terminal acyl group in cell culture. We have investigated the in vivo role that such acylation might play in appendage patterning in mouse and Drosophila; in both species Hedgehog proteins define a posterior domain of the limb or wing. A mutant form of Sonic hedgehog that cannot undergo acylation retains significant ability to repattern the mouse limb. However, the corresponding mutation in Drosophila Hedgehog renders it inactive in vivo, although it is normally processed. Furthermore, overexpression of the mutant form has dominant negative effects on Hedgehog signaling. These data suggest that the importance of the N-terminal cysteine of mature Hedgehog in patterning appendages differs between species.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
233
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Acylation, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Body Patterning, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Extremities, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Polydactyly, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11319862-Wing
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
An acylatable residue of Hedgehog is differentially required in Drosophila and mouse limb development.
pubmed:affiliation
Skirball Institute Developmental Genetics Program, Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't