Key Publications
- A Ciliary SMOOTHENED-GRK2-PKA Signaling Pathway Initiates Hedgehog Signal Transduction. bioRxiv (2023). Madison F. Walker, Jingyi Zhang, William Steiner, Pei-I Ku, Ju-Fen Zhu, ZacharyMichaelson, Yu-Chen Yen, Alyssa B. Long, Mattie J. Casey, Abhishek Poddar, Isaac B.Nelson, Corvin D. Arveseth, Falko Nagel, Ryan Clough, Sarah LaPotin, Kristen M.Kwan, Stefan Schulz, Rodney A. Stewart, John J. G. Tesmer, Tamara Caspary, RadhikaSubramanian, Xuecai Ge, Benjamin R. Myers pdf
- A PKA Inhibitor Motif within SMOOTHENED Controls Hedgehog Signal Transduction. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (2022). Happ, J.T.*, Arveseth, C.D.*, Bruystens, J.*, Bertinetti, D.*, Nelson, I.B.*, Olivieri, C.*, Zhang, J, Hedeen D.S., Zhu, J., Capener, J.L., Brockel, J.W., Vu, L., King, C.C., Ruiz-Perez, V.L., Ge, X., Veglia, G., Herberg, F.W., Taylor, S.S.#, Myers, B.R.# (* = co-first author, # co-corresponding author) pdf
- Smoothened Transduces Hedgehog Signals via Activity-Dependent Sequestration of PKA Catalytic Subunits. PLOS Biology (2021). Arveseth, C. D.*, Happ, J. T.*, Hedeen, D. S., Zhu, J, Capener, J. L., Shaw, D. K., Deshpande, I., Liang, J., Xu, J., Stubben, S. L., Nelson, I. B., Walker, M. F., Krogan, N. J., Grunwald, D. J., Hüttenhain, R., Manglik, A., Myers, B. R. pdf
- Smoothened Stimulation by Membrane Sterols Drives Hedgehog Pathway Activation. Nature (2019). Deshpande, I, Liang, J, Hedeen, D, Roberts, K.J., Zhang, Y, Ha, B, Latorraca, N.R., Faust, B, Dror, R.O., Beachy, P.A., Myers, B.R.#, Manglik, A.# (# = co-corresponding author) pdf
- Rapid, direct activity assays for Smoothened reveal Hedgehog pathway regulation by membrane cholesterol and extracellular sodium. PNAS (2017). Myers, B. R.*#, Neahring, L.*, Zhang, Y., Roberts, K. R., Beachy, P. A.# pdf
- Commentary by Blassberg and Briscoe in Dev Cell: pdf
- Identification of Recurrent SMO and BRAF Mutations in Ameloblastomas. Nature Genetics (2014). Sweeney, R.T.*, McClary, A.C.*, Myers, B.R.*, Biscocho, J.*, et al, pdf
- Hedgehog Pathway Modulation by Multiple Lipid Binding Sites on the Smoothened Effector of Signal Response. Dev Cell (2013). Myers, B. R., Sever, N., Chong, Y. C., Kim, J., Belani, J. D., Rychnovsky, S., Bazan, J. F., Beachy, P. A. pdf
- Commentary by Wang and McMahon in eLife: pdf
- A Yeast Genetic Screen Reveals a Critical Role for the Pore Helix Domain in TRP Channel Gating. Neuron (2008). Myers, B. R., Bohlen, C., Julius, D. pdf
(* = first author; # = corresponding author)
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