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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6591
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Members of the Hedgehog family of secreted proteins control a number of important inductive interactions in the development of both vertebrates and Drosophila, but little is known about the ways in which their signalling activities are transduced. In Drosophila, hedgehog is one of the segment-polarity genes, mutations of which disrupt the pattern and polarity of individual embryonic segments and their adult derivatives; several of these genes have been implicated in transduction of the hedgehog signal. Here we show that the segment-polarity gene smoothened is required for the response of cells to hedgehog signalling during the development of both the embryonic segments and imaginal discs. Sequence analysis of the smoothened transcription unit reveals a single open reading frame encoding a protein with seven putative transmembrane domains. This structure is typical of G-protein-coupled receptors, suggesting that the Smoothened protein may act as a receptor for the Hedgehog ligand.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hedgehog Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hedgehog protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/smoothened protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wg protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
382
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
547-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
smoothened encodes a receptor-like serpentine protein required for hedgehog signalling.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Embryology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't