Conserved cholesterol-related activities of Dispatched drive Sonic hedgehog shedding from the cell membrane
K. Grobe, K. Ehring, D. Manikowski, J. Froese, P. Jakobs, F. Gude, U. Rescher, J. Goretzko
This study shows that Dispatched (Disp) facilitates cholesterol-dependent ectodomain shedding of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) ligand, and that this process is rescued by cholesterol removal or overexpression of Disp or Patched.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2020Cell Biology