PMID- 21664578 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110816 LR - 20211203 IS - 1878-1551 (Electronic) IS - 1534-5807 (Print) IS - 1534-5807 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Jun 14 TI - Hedgehog activates fused through phosphorylation to elicit a full spectrum of pathway responses. PG - 802-14 LID - 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.020 [doi] AB - In flies and mammals, extracellular Hedgehog (Hh) molecules alter cell fates and proliferation by regulating the levels and activities of Ci/Gli family transcription factors. How Hh-induced activation of transmembrane Smoothened (Smo) proteins reverses Ci/Gli inhibition by Suppressor of Fused (SuFu) and kinesin family protein (Cos2/Kif7) binding partners is a major unanswered question. Here we show that the Fused (Fu) protein kinase is activated by Smo and Cos2 via Fu- and CK1-dependent phosphorylation. Activated Fu can recapitulate a full Hh response, stabilizing full-length Ci via Cos2 phosphorylation and activating full-length Ci by antagonizing Su(fu) and by other mechanisms. We propose that Smo/Cos2 interactions stimulate Fu autoactivation by concentrating Fu at the membrane. Autoactivation primes Fu for additional CK1-dependent phosphorylation, which further enhances kinase activity. In this model, Smo acts like many transmembrane receptors associated with cytoplasmic kinases, such that pathway activation is mediated by kinase oligomerization and trans-phosphorylation. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhou, Qianhe AU - Zhou Q AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. FAU - Kalderon, Daniel AU - Kalderon D LA - eng GR - R01 GM041815/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM041815-23/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM41815/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - Dev Cell JT - Developmental cell JID - 101120028 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Hedgehog Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) RN - 0 (Smoothened Receptor) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (ci protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (cos protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (smo protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (fu protein, Drosophila) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Casein Kinase I) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.4.4 (Kinesins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Casein Kinase I/genetics/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Drosophila Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/growth & development/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Hedgehog Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Immunoenzyme Techniques MH - Kinesins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mutagenesis MH - Phosphorylation MH - Plasmids MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics/*metabolism MH - Smoothened Receptor MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3130625 MID - NIHMS298124 EDAT- 2011/06/15 06:00 MHDA- 2011/08/17 06:00 PMCR- 2012/06/14 CRDT- 2011/06/14 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/01/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/06/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/08/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/06/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1534-5807(11)00174-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Cell. 2011 Jun 14;20(6):802-14. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.020.