Congratulations to Dr. Doug Covey’s Lab on their recent publication!
Patched 1 regulates Smoothened by controlling sterol binding to its extracellular cysteine-rich domain. Kinnebrew M, Woolley RE, Ansell TB, Byrne EFX, Frigui S, Luchetti G, Sircar R, Nachtergaele S, Mydock-McGrane L, Krishnan K, Newstead S, Sansom MSP, Covey DF, Siebold C, Rohatgi R. Sci Adv. 2022 Jun 3;8(22):eabm5563.
Nanomolar, Noncovalent Antagonism of Hedgehog Cholesterolysis: Exception to the “Irreversibility Rule” for Protein Autoprocessing Inhibition. Wagner AG, Stagnitta RT, Xu Z, Pezzullo JL, Kandel N, Giner JL, Covey DF, Wang C, Callahan BP. Biochemistry. 2022 Jun 7;61(11):1022-1028.
Further Evidence that Inhibition of Neuronal Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels Contributes to the Hypnotic Effect of Neurosteroid Analogue, 3β-OH. Timic Stamenic T, Manzella FM, Maksimovic S, Krishnan K, Covey DF, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM. Front Pharmacol. 2022 May 23;13:850658.