A gene family is defined as a group of genes that encode related or identical products as a result of gene-duplication events.

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Ptc contains 12 TM α helices and structurally similar

to the Niemann-Pick C1 protein, a cholesterol transporting member of the ABC superfamily

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In the absence of Hh,

Ptc inhibits Smoothened and then degraded in proteasomes

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Transcription Factor

zinc-finger transcription factor Cubitis interruptus

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A cytosolic complex contains

kinases Fused ; PKA, GSK3β, and CK1, Ci, and SUFU

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Cytosolic complex is bound to a microtubule by the kinesin-related motor protein Costal-2 (Cos2).

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In this complex, Ci becomes phosphorylated in a series of steps catalyzed by PKA, GSK3β, and CK1.