Dual roles for patched in sequestering and transducing Hedgehog.
Secreted proteins of the Hedgehog (Hh) family have diverse organizing roles in animal development. Recently, a serpentine protein Smoothened (Smo) has been proposed as a Hh receptor. Here, we present evidence that implicates another multiple-pass transmembrane protein, Patched (Ptc), in Hh reception and suggests a novel signal transduction mechanism in which Hh binds to Ptc, or a Ptc-Smo complex, and thereby induces Smo activity. Our results also show that Ptc limits the range of Hh action; we provide evidence that high levels of Ptc induced by Hh serve to sequester any free Hh and therefore create a barrier to its further movement.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins; D007301:Insect Hormones; D019476:Insect Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D000072086:Smoothened Receptor; C064196:dpp protein, Drosophila; C070844:ptc protein, Drosophila; C100664:smo protein, Drosophila; C077245:hh protein, Drosophila