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Protein patched homolog 1 is a protein that is the member of the patched family and in humans is encoded by the PTCH1gene.
Function
PTCH1 is a member of the patched gene family and is the receptor for sonic hedgehog, a secreted molecule implicated in the formation of embryonic structures and in tumorigenesis. This gene functions as a tumor suppressor. The PTCH1 gene product, is a transmembrane protein that suppresses the release of another protein called smoothened, and when sonic hedgehog binds PTCH1, smoothened is released and signals cell proliferation.
Mutations in PTCH1 cause Gorlin syndrome and mutations have also been found in holoprosencephaly patients. Some of these patients present cleft lip and palate among the holoprosencephaly features, and missense variants in PTCH1 were also found in a sequencing screening of nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate patients. In addition association between SNPs in or near PTCH1 have been found to be associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate. Mutations in PTCH1 are also associated with medulloblastoma.
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