Algae

They exist as-

Microscopic Unicellular- Chlamydomonas

Colonial Forms- Volvox 

filamentous forms- Ulothrix and Spirogyra

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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.

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The phosphorylated Ci is proteolytically cleaved by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, generating an N-terminal fragment Ci75, which functions as a transcriptional repressor of Hh target genes.