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= Function =

[[Image: Short and Long-Range.jpg | thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Shh-N is released from the cell membrane for long-range signaling by zinc-dependent proteolysis<ref name="Palm"/><ref name="signal"/>. ]]The tetrahedrally coordinated zinc ion of Shh-N, along with the non-coordinating residues thought to assist hydrolysis, are highly conserved among vertebrate Hh proteins. A potential hydrolytic activity is therefore expected to play an important cellular role. In pursuit of a substrate for Shh-N, it was found that <scene name='Sandbox_191/Scene3/6'>Ala 194 and Lys 195</scene> near the C-terminus of one Shh-N molecule can hydrogen bond with residues in the zinc binding site of a second Shh-N molecule. This indicates that the protein may be capable of cleaving between Lys 195 and Ser 196 within its own C-terminus <ref name="Palm"/>. This is the most highly conserved region of Hh proteins<ref name="signal">PMID: 8807822</ref>. The suspected autoproteolytic function of Shh-N has been suggested to liberate the tethered protein from the cell membrane to facilitate long-range signaling <ref name="Palm"/>. However, other possible substrates for Shh-N are also likely, including an Shh receptor or other types of signaling molecules involved in the Shh pathway. Whichever the substrate, the discovery of a potential proteolytic activity for Shh-N seems to provide a mechanism for regulating short-range and long-range signaling, which until now has been poorly understood<ref name="papinsky"/>. Short-range signaling occurs in a contact-dependent fashion and is associated with induction of the floor plate within the neural tube<ref>PMID: 8223247</ref>. During long-range signaling, Shh-N acts as a morphogen to establish somite patterning, motor neuron formation in the neural tube<ref name="neuron"/>, and anteroposterior limb patterning <ref name="limb"/>.

[[Image: Short and Long-Range.jpg | thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Shh-N is released from the cell membrane for long-range signaling by zinc-dependent proteolysis. [Note: This figure is adapted from references <ref name="Palm"/> and <ref name="signal"/>.] ]]The tetrahedrally coordinated zinc ion of Shh-N, along with the non-coordinating residues thought to assist hydrolysis, are highly conserved among vertebrate Hh proteins. A potential hydrolytic activity is therefore expected to play an important cellular role. In pursuit of a substrate for Shh-N, it was found that <scene name='Sandbox_191/Scene3/6'>Ala 194 and Lys 195</scene> near the C-terminus of one Shh-N molecule can hydrogen bond with residues in the zinc binding site of a second Shh-N molecule. This indicates that the protein may be capable of cleaving between Lys 195 and Ser 196 within its own C-terminus <ref name="Palm"/>. This is the most highly conserved region of Hh proteins<ref name="signal">PMID: 8807822</ref>. The suspected autoproteolytic function of Shh-N has been suggested to liberate the tethered protein from the cell membrane to facilitate long-range signaling <ref name="Palm"/>. However, other possible substrates for Shh-N are also likely, including an Shh receptor or other types of signaling molecules involved in the Shh pathway. Whichever the substrate, the discovery of a potential proteolytic activity for Shh-N seems to provide a mechanism for regulating short-range and long-range signaling, which until now has been poorly understood<ref name="papinsky"/>. Short-range signaling occurs in a contact-dependent fashion and is associated with induction of the floor plate within the neural tube<ref>PMID: 8223247</ref>. During long-range signaling, Shh-N acts as a morphogen to establish somite patterning, motor neuron formation in the neural tube<ref name="neuron"/>, and anteroposterior limb patterning <ref name="limb"/>.

== Sonic Signaling: The Shh-Gli Pathway ==

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 = Function =
-[[Image: Short and Long-Range.jpg | thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Shh-N is released from the cell membrane for long-range signaling by zinc-dependent proteolysis<ref name="Palm"/><ref name="signal"/>. ]]The tetrahedrally coordinated zinc ion of Shh-N, along with the non-coordinating residues thought to assist hydrolysis, are highly conserved among vertebrate Hh proteins. A potential hydrolytic activity is therefore expected to play an important cellular role. In pursuit of a substrate for Shh-N, it was found that <scene name='Sandbox_191/Scene3/6'>Ala 194 and Lys 195</scene> near the C-terminus of one Shh-N molecule can hydrogen bond with residues in the zinc binding site of a second Shh-N molecule. This indicates that the protein may be capable of cleaving between Lys 195 and Ser 196 within its own C-terminus <ref name="Palm"/>. This is the most highly conserved region of Hh proteins<ref name="signal">PMID: 8807822</ref>. The suspected autoproteolytic function of Shh-N has been suggested to liberate the tethered protein from the cell membrane to facilitate long-range signaling <ref name="Palm"/>. However, other possible substrates for Shh-N are also likely, including an Shh receptor or other types of signaling molecules involved in the Shh pathway. Whichever the substrate, the discovery of a potential proteolytic activity for Shh-N seems to provide a mechanism for regulating short-range and long-range signaling, which until now has been poorly understood<ref name="papinsky"/>. Short-range signaling occurs in a contact-dependent fashion and is associated with induction of the floor plate within the neural tube<ref>PMID: 8223247</ref>. During long-range signaling, Shh-N acts as a morphogen to establish somite patterning, motor neuron formation in the neural tube<ref name="neuron"/>, and anteroposterior limb patterning <ref name="limb"/>.
+[[Image: Short and Long-Range.jpg | thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Shh-N is released from the cell membrane for long-range signaling by zinc-dependent proteolysis. [Note: This figure is adapted from references <ref name="Palm"/> and <ref name="signal"/>.] ]]The tetrahedrally coordinated zinc ion of Shh-N, along with the non-coordinating residues thought to assist hydrolysis, are highly conserved among vertebrate Hh proteins. A potential hydrolytic activity is therefore expected to play an important cellular role. In pursuit of a substrate for Shh-N, it was found that <scene name='Sandbox_191/Scene3/6'>Ala 194 and Lys 195</scene> near the C-terminus of one Shh-N molecule can hydrogen bond with residues in the zinc binding site of a second Shh-N molecule. This indicates that the protein may be capable of cleaving between Lys 195 and Ser 196 within its own C-terminus <ref name="Palm"/>. This is the most highly conserved region of Hh proteins<ref name="signal">PMID: 8807822</ref>. The suspected autoproteolytic function of Shh-N has been suggested to liberate the tethered protein from the cell membrane to facilitate long-range signaling <ref name="Palm"/>. However, other possible substrates for Shh-N are also likely, including an Shh receptor or other types of signaling molecules involved in the Shh pathway. Whichever the substrate, the discovery of a potential proteolytic activity for Shh-N seems to provide a mechanism for regulating short-range and long-range signaling, which until now has been poorly understood<ref name="papinsky"/>. Short-range signaling occurs in a contact-dependent fashion and is associated with induction of the floor plate within the neural tube<ref>PMID: 8223247</ref>. During long-range signaling, Shh-N acts as a morphogen to establish somite patterning, motor neuron formation in the neural tube<ref name="neuron"/>, and anteroposterior limb patterning <ref name="limb"/>.
 == Sonic Signaling: The Shh-Gli Pathway ==