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General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Gene namei
Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.
Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s).
Disease related genes Human disease related genes
Predicted locationi
All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions.
Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached.
Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s).
The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location.
Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Chromosome
7
Cytoband
q36.3
Chromosome location (bp)
155799980 - 155812463
Number of transcriptsi
Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.
Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.
[Sonic hedgehog protein]: The C-terminal part of the sonic hedgehog protein precursor displays an autoproteolysis and a cholesterol transferase activity (By similarity). Both activities result in the cleavage of the full-length protein into two parts (ShhN and ShhC) followed by the covalent attachment of a cholesterol moiety to the C-terminal of the newly generated ShhN (By similarity). Both activities occur in the reticulum endoplasmic (By similarity). Once cleaved, ShhC is degraded in the endoplasmic reticulum (By similarity)....show less
Molecular function (UniProt)i
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins due to their particular molecular function.
Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they bind, are associated with, or whose activity is dependent of some molecule.
Calcium, Metal-binding, Zinc
Gene summary (Entrez)i
Useful information about the gene from Entrez
This gene encodes a protein that is instrumental in patterning the early embryo. It has been implicated as the key inductive signal in patterning of the ventral neural tube, the anterior-posterior limb axis, and the ventral somites. Of three human proteins showing sequence and functional similarity to the sonic hedgehog protein of Drosophila, this protein is the most similar. The protein is made as a precursor that is autocatalytically cleaved; the N-terminal portion is soluble and contains the signalling activity while the C-terminal portion is involved in precursor processing. More importantly, the C-terminal product covalently attaches a cholesterol moiety to the N-terminal product, restricting the N-terminal product to the cell surface and preventing it from freely diffusing throughout the developing embryo. Defects in this protein or in its signalling pathway are a cause of holoprosencephaly (HPE), a disorder in which the developing forebrain fails to correctly separate into right and left hemispheres. HPE is manifested by facial deformities. It is also thought that mutations in this gene or in its signalling pathway may be responsible for VACTERL syndrome, which is characterized by vertebral defects, anal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia, radial and renal dysplasia, cardiac anomalies, and limb abnormalities. Additionally, mutations in a long range enhancer located approximately 1 megabase upstream of this gene disrupt limb patterning and can result in preaxial polydactyly. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]...show less
PROTEIN INFORMATIONi
The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database.
The Splice variant identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the Swissprot and TrEMBL columns links to corresponding pages in the UniProt database.
The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class.
The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide and number of predicted transmembrane region(s) according to in-house majority decision methods based on sets of predictors are also reported.
Q15465 [Direct mapping] Sonic hedgehog protein Sonic hedgehog protein N-product
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MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins TMHMM predicted membrane proteins Secreted proteins predicted by MDSEC SignalP predicted secreted proteins Phobius predicted secreted proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted secreted proteins DeepTMHMM predicted secreted proteins DeepSig predicted secreted proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Disease related genes Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Congenital malformations of eye Congenital malformations of the digestive system Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
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GO:0000122[negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0000139[Golgi membrane] GO:0001525[angiogenesis] GO:0001569[branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis] GO:0001570[vasculogenesis] GO:0001656[metanephros development] GO:0001658[branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis] GO:0001708[cell fate specification] GO:0001755[neural crest cell migration] GO:0001822[kidney development] GO:0001942[hair follicle development] GO:0001944[vasculature development] GO:0001947[heart looping] GO:0002052[positive regulation of neuroblast proliferation] GO:0002053[positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation] GO:0002076[osteoblast development] GO:0002320[lymphoid progenitor cell differentiation] GO:0003140[determination of left/right asymmetry in lateral mesoderm] GO:0004175[endopeptidase activity] GO:0005113[patched binding] GO:0005509[calcium ion binding] GO:0005515[protein binding] GO:0005539[glycosaminoglycan binding] GO:0005576[extracellular region] GO:0005615[extracellular space] GO:0005783[endoplasmic reticulum] GO:0005788[endoplasmic reticulum lumen] GO:0005789[endoplasmic reticulum membrane] GO:0005794[Golgi apparatus] GO:0005829[cytosol] GO:0005886[plasma membrane] GO:0006355[regulation of DNA-templated transcription] GO:0006508[proteolysis] GO:0006606[protein import into nucleus] GO:0006897[endocytosis] GO:0007224[smoothened signaling pathway] GO:0007228[positive regulation of hh target transcription factor activity] GO:0007267[cell-cell signaling] GO:0007275[multicellular organism development] GO:0007368[determination of left/right symmetry] GO:0007389[pattern specification process] GO:0007398[ectoderm development] GO:0007405[neuroblast proliferation] GO:0007411[axon guidance] GO:0007417[central nervous system development] GO:0007418[ventral midline development] GO:0007442[hindgut morphogenesis] GO:0007507[heart development] GO:0007519[skeletal muscle tissue development] GO:0007596[blood coagulation] GO:0008209[androgen metabolic process] GO:0008233[peptidase activity] GO:0008270[zinc ion binding] GO:0008283[cell population proliferation] GO:0008284[positive regulation of cell population proliferation] GO:0009880[embryonic pattern specification] GO:0009949[polarity specification of anterior/posterior axis] GO:0009952[anterior/posterior pattern specification] GO:0009953[dorsal/ventral pattern formation] GO:0009986[cell surface] GO:0010463[mesenchymal cell proliferation] GO:0010467[gene expression] GO:0010468[regulation of gene expression] GO:0010628[positive regulation of gene expression] GO:0010629[negative regulation of gene expression] GO:0014003[oligodendrocyte development] GO:0014706[striated muscle tissue development] GO:0014856[skeletal muscle cell proliferation] GO:0014858[positive regulation of skeletal muscle cell proliferation] GO:0014902[myotube differentiation] GO:0016015[] GO:0016020[membrane] GO:0016477[cell migration] GO:0016539[intein-mediated protein splicing] GO:0016540[protein autoprocessing] GO:0016740[transferase activity] GO:0016787[hydrolase activity] GO:0021513[spinal cord dorsal/ventral patterning] GO:0021522[spinal cord motor neuron differentiation] GO:0021794[thalamus development] GO:0021871[forebrain regionalization] GO:0021904[dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning] GO:0021924[cell proliferation in external granule layer] GO:0021930[cerebellar granule cell precursor proliferation] GO:0021938[smoothened signaling pathway involved in regulation of cerebellar granule cell precursor cell proliferation] GO:0021940[positive regulation of cerebellar granule cell precursor proliferation] GO:0021978[telencephalon regionalization] GO:0030162[regulation of proteolysis] GO:0030177[positive regulation of Wnt signaling pathway] GO:0030178[negative regulation of Wnt signaling pathway] GO:0030182[neuron differentiation] GO:0030323[respiratory tube development] GO:0030324[lung development] GO:0030326[embryonic limb morphogenesis] GO:0030336[negative regulation of cell migration] GO:0030539[male genitalia development] GO:0030850[prostate gland development] GO:0030878[thyroid gland development] GO:0030900[forebrain development] GO:0030901[midbrain development] GO:0030902[hindbrain development] GO:0031012[extracellular matrix] GO:0031016[pancreas development] GO:0031069[hair follicle morphogenesis] GO:0032091[negative regulation of protein binding] GO:0032435[negative regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process] GO:0033077[T cell differentiation in thymus] GO:0033085[negative regulation of T cell differentiation in thymus] GO:0033089[positive regulation of T cell differentiation in thymus] GO:0033092[positive regulation of immature T cell proliferation in thymus] GO:0034244[negative regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II] GO:0034504[protein localization to nucleus] GO:0035115[embryonic forelimb morphogenesis] GO:0035116[embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis] GO:0036484[trunk neural crest cell migration] GO:0042098[T cell proliferation] GO:0042127[regulation of cell population proliferation] GO:0042130[negative regulation of T cell proliferation] GO:0042177[negative regulation of protein catabolic process] GO:0042307[positive regulation of protein import into nucleus] GO:0042475[odontogenesis of dentin-containing tooth] GO:0042476[odontogenesis] GO:0042481[regulation of odontogenesis] GO:0042733[embryonic digit morphogenesis] GO:0043010[camera-type eye development] GO:0043066[negative regulation of apoptotic process] GO:0043237[laminin-1 binding] GO:0043369[CD4-positive or CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell lineage commitment] GO:0043588[skin development] GO:0045059[positive thymic T cell selection] GO:0045060[negative thymic T cell selection] GO:0045109[intermediate filament organization] GO:0045121[membrane raft] GO:0045165[cell fate commitment] GO:0045445[myoblast differentiation] GO:0045596[negative regulation of cell differentiation] GO:0045665[negative regulation of neuron differentiation] GO:0045880[positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway] GO:0045893[positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription] GO:0045944[positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II] GO:0046632[alpha-beta T cell differentiation] GO:0046638[positive regulation of alpha-beta T cell differentiation] GO:0046639[negative regulation of alpha-beta T cell differentiation] GO:0046872[metal ion binding] GO:0048468[cell development] GO:0048513[animal organ development] GO:0048538[thymus development] GO:0048546[digestive tract morphogenesis] GO:0048557[embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis] GO:0048568[embryonic organ development] GO:0048589[developmental growth] GO:0048598[embryonic morphogenesis] GO:0048617[embryonic foregut morphogenesis] GO:0048643[positive regulation of skeletal muscle tissue development] GO:0048645[animal organ formation] GO:0048646[anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis] GO:0048663[neuron fate commitment] GO:0048706[embryonic skeletal system development] GO:0048708[astrocyte differentiation] GO:0048709[oligodendrocyte differentiation] GO:0048711[positive regulation of astrocyte differentiation] GO:0048714[positive regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation] GO:0048731[system development] GO:0048745[smooth muscle tissue development] GO:0048754[branching morphogenesis of an epithelial tube] GO:0048839[inner ear development] GO:0048856[anatomical structure development] GO:0048859[formation of anatomical boundary] GO:0048864[stem cell development] GO:0050673[epithelial cell proliferation] GO:0050679[positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation] GO:0051146[striated muscle cell differentiation] GO:0051155[positive regulation of striated muscle cell differentiation] GO:0051781[positive regulation of cell division] GO:0060020[Bergmann glial cell differentiation] GO:0060021[roof of mouth development] GO:0060070[canonical Wnt signaling pathway] GO:0060173[limb development] GO:0060174[limb bud formation] GO:0060251[regulation of glial cell proliferation] GO:0060425[lung morphogenesis] GO:0060428[lung epithelium development] GO:0060438[trachea development] GO:0060439[trachea morphogenesis] GO:0060441[epithelial tube branching involved in lung morphogenesis] GO:0060442[branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis] GO:0060445[branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis] GO:0060447[bud outgrowth involved in lung branching] GO:0060458[right lung development] GO:0060459[left lung development] GO:0060463[lung lobe morphogenesis] GO:0060484[lung-associated mesenchyme development] GO:0060516[primary prostatic bud elongation] GO:0060523[prostate epithelial cord elongation] GO:0060662[salivary gland cavitation] GO:0060664[epithelial cell proliferation involved in salivary gland morphogenesis] GO:0060684[epithelial-mesenchymal cell signaling] GO:0060685[regulation of prostatic bud formation] GO:0060738[epithelial-mesenchymal signaling involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060767[epithelial cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060768[regulation of epithelial cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060769[positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060782[regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060783[mesenchymal smoothened signaling pathway involved in prostate gland development] GO:0060840[artery development] GO:0060916[mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in lung development] GO:0061053[somite development] GO:0061189[positive regulation of sclerotome development] GO:0062023[collagen-containing extracellular matrix] GO:0071285[cellular response to lithium ion] GO:0071542[dopaminergic neuron differentiation] GO:0071929[alpha-tubulin acetylation] GO:0072089[stem cell proliferation] GO:0072091[regulation of stem cell proliferation] GO:0072136[metanephric mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in metanephros development] GO:0072205[metanephric collecting duct development] GO:0090090[negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway] GO:0090162[establishment of epithelial cell polarity] GO:0090370[negative regulation of cholesterol efflux] GO:0097152[mesenchymal cell apoptotic process] GO:0097190[apoptotic signaling pathway] GO:0097264[self proteolysis] GO:0098528[skeletal muscle fiber differentiation] GO:0140853[cholesterol-protein transferase activity] GO:1900175[regulation of nodal signaling pathway involved in determination of lateral mesoderm left/right asymmetry] GO:1900180[regulation of protein localization to nucleus] GO:1904339[negative regulation of dopaminergic neuron differentiation] GO:1905327[tracheoesophageal septum formation] GO:2000062[negative regulation of ureter smooth muscle cell differentiation] GO:2000063[positive regulation of ureter smooth muscle cell differentiation] GO:2000357[negative regulation of kidney smooth muscle cell differentiation] GO:2000358[positive regulation of kidney smooth muscle cell differentiation] GO:2000729[positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in ureter development] GO:2001054[negative regulation of mesenchymal cell apoptotic process]
Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Human disease related genes Congenital malformations Congenital malformations of the nervous system Congenital malformations of eye Congenital malformations of the digestive system Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)