SMO: G protein-coupled receptor that probably associates with the patched protein (PTCH) to transduce the hedgehog's proteins signal. Binding of sonic hedgehog (SHH) to its receptor patched is thought to prevent normal inhibition by patched of smoothened (SMO). Required for the accumulation of KIF7 and GLI3 in the cilia. Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor Fz/Smo family.
Protein type: Cell development/differentiation; Receptor, GPCR; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Oncoprotein; Membrane protein, integral; GPCR, Fz/Smo family
Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 7q32.3
Cellular Component: Golgi apparatus; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; integral to membrane; plasma membrane; caveola
Molecular Function: G-protein coupled receptor activity; Wnt-protein binding; Wnt receptor activity; protein binding; patched binding; drug binding
Biological Process: developmental growth; central nervous system neuron differentiation; ventral midline determination; skeletal muscle fiber development; negative regulation of epithelial cell differentiation; cell fate specification; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; Wnt receptor signaling pathway through beta-catenin; thalamus development; anterior/posterior pattern formation; positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation; positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway; heart looping; vasculogenesis; neural crest cell migration; activation of hh target transcription factor; dorsoventral neural tube patterning; positive regulation of neuroblast proliferation; smoothened signaling pathway; hair follicle morphogenesis; protein stabilization; smoothened signaling pathway in regulation of granule cell precursor cell proliferation; in utero embryonic development; multicellular organism growth; smoothened signaling pathway in ventral spinal cord patterning; forebrain morphogenesis; negative regulation of hair follicle development; negative regulation of DNA binding; odontogenesis of dentine-containing teeth; osteoblast differentiation; G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway; positive regulation of protein import into nucleus; cerebellar cortex morphogenesis; myoblast migration; midgut development; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation; negative regulation of apoptosis
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