IHH (protein)

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IHH
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases IHH, BDA1, HHG2, indian hedgehog
External IDs MGI: 96533 HomoloGene: 22586 GeneCards: IHH
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3549

16147

Ensembl

ENSG00000163501

ENSMUSG00000006538

UniProt

Q14623

P97812

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002181

NM_010544
NM_001313683

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002172.2

NP_034674.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 219.05 – 219.06 Mb Chr 1: 74.95 – 74.95 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Indian hedgehog homolog (Drosophila), also known as IHH, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the IHH gene.[3][4][5] This cell signaling protein is in the hedgehog signaling pathway. The several mammalian variants of the Drosophila hedgehog gene (which was the first named) have been named after the various species of hedgehog; the Indian hedgehog is honored by this one. The gene is not specific to Indian hedgehogs.

Function

The Indian hedgehog protein is one of three proteins in the mammalian hedgehog family, the others being desert hedgehog (DHH) and sonic hedgehog (SHH).[6] It is involved in chondrocyte differentiation, proliferation and maturation especially during endochondral ossification. It regulates its effects by feedback control of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP).[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Entrez Gene: IHH Indian hedgehog homolog (Drosophila)".
  4. Marigo V, Roberts DJ, Lee SM, Tsukurov O, Levi T, Gastier JM, Epstein DJ, Gilbert DJ, Copeland NG, Seidman CE (July 1995). "Cloning, expression, and chromosomal location of SHH and IHH: two human homologues of the Drosophila segment polarity gene hedgehog". Genomics. 28 (1): 44–51. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1104. PMID 7590746.
  5. van den Brink GR, Bleuming SA, Hardwick JC, Schepman BL, Offerhaus GJ, Keller JJ, Nielsen C, Gaffield W, van Deventer SJ, Roberts DJ, Peppelenbosch MP (March 2004). "Indian Hedgehog is an antagonist of Wnt signaling in colonic epithelial cell differentiation". Nat. Genet. 36 (3): 277–82. doi:10.1038/ng1304. PMID 14770182.
  6. Kumar S, Balczarek KA, Lai ZC (March 1996). "Evolution of the hedgehog gene family". Genetics. 142 (3): 965–72. PMC 1207033Freely accessible. PMID 8849902.
  7. Vortkamp A, Lee K, Lanske B, Segre GV, Kronenberg HM, Tabin CJ (August 1996). "Regulation of rate of cartilage differentiation by Indian hedgehog and PTH-related protein". Science. 273 (5275): 613–22. doi:10.1126/science.273.5275.613. PMID 8662546.

Further reading

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