
Cataloguenumber
CYT-1099
Synonyms
Introduction
RecombinantHumanSonicHedgehogispartofasmallgroupofsecretedproteinsthatarevitalfordevelopmentinbothvertebratesandinvertebrates.3mammalianhedgehoggenes(sonic,desert,Indian)shareabout60%homology.TheHumanSonicHedgehogis99%homologoustothemousegene.SonicHedgeHoghelpsinguidingtheearlyembryo.Ithasbeenassociatedasthemajorinductivesignalinpatterningoftheventralneuraltube,theanterior-posteriorlimbaxis,andtheventralsomites.SonicHedgeHogbindstothepatchedreceptor,whichassociationwithsmoothened,toactivatethetranscriptionoftargetgenes.IntheabsenceofsonicHedgeHog,patchedreceptorrepressestheconstitutivesignalingactivityofsmoothened.SonicHedgeHogalsoregulatesanotherfactor,theglioncogene.SonicHedgeHogintercellularsignalisnecessaryforavariouspatterningeventsduringdevelopment:signalproducedbythenotochordthatinducesventralcellfateintheneuraltubeandsomites,andthepolarizingsignalforpatterningoftheanterior-posterioraxisofthedevelopinglimbbud.SonicHedgeHogexhibitsbothfloorplate-andmotorneuron-inducingactivity.Mutationsinalong-rangeSonicHedgeHogenhancerlocatedinanintronofthelimbregion1generesultinpreaxialpolydactyly.
Description
SonicHedgeHogRecombinantRatproducedinE.Coliisasingle,non-glycosylatedpolypeptidechaincontaining176aminoacidsandhavingamolecularmassof19.9kDa.
SHHispurifiedbyproprietarychromatographictechniques.
Source
PhysicalAppearance
Formulation
SHHislyophilizedfromasterile(0.2µm)filteredsolutioncontaining10mMsodiumphosphate,pH7.5.
Solubility
ItisrecommendedtoreconstitutethelyophilizedSHHinsterile18MΩ-cmH2Onotlessthan100µg/ml,whichcanthenbefurtherdilutedtootheraqueoussolutions.
StABIlity
Purity
Greaterthan95.0%asdeterminedbySDS-PAGE.
Aminoacidsequence
MIIGPGRGFGKRQHPKKLTPLAYKQFIPNVAEKTLGASGRYEGKITRNSERFKELTPNYNPDIIFKDEENTGADRLMTQRCKDKLNALAISVMNQWPGVKLRVTEGWDEDGHHSEESLHYEGRAVDITTSDRDRSKYGMLARLAVEAGFDWVYYESKARIHCSVKAENSVAAKSDG.
SafetyDataSheet
SDS