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ReviewScience signaling2026

Convergent mechanisms in Wnt and Hedgehog signaling.

Benjamin R Myers, Jesse G Zalatan, David M Virshup

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Review in Science signaling, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin R MyersDepartment of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0975-539X
Jesse G ZalatanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1458-0654
David M VirshupProgram in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore and Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6976-850X

Funding

Spatial Organization in Biochemical Reaction NetworksR35GM124773 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Jesse George Zalatan · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
Signal Transduction in the Primary Cilium: Hedgehog and BeyondR35GM133672 · NIGMS · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Benjamin Myers · 2019 to 2026
$3.1M
Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt TransportR01CA275005 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Filippo Mancia, DAVID M VIRSHUP · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA275005NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124773NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Wnt and Hedgehog (Hh) pathways are cornerstones of tissue and organ biology and are implicated in numerous diseases. Wnt and Hh signaling share multiple mechanistic features, including lipidated ligands, specialized ligand delivery systems, atypical G protein-coupled receptors, and transcriptional effectors controlled by phosphorylation-dependent inhibition. Here, we highlight work showing that tethered pseudosubstrate inhibition of kinases is a core mechanism governing intracellular signal transmission in both pathways. These parallels suggest that Wnt and Hh have converged on a shared regulatory logic, enabling them to encode specific functional outputs while using molecules shared with numerous other cascades. This mode of signaling may extend to other pathways where cell-surface receptors directly regulate kinase activity.

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Hedgehog ProteinsSignal TransductionWnt ProteinsWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsHumansPhosphorylationReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledHedgehog ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledWnt Proteins

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PMID42412914
PMCPMC13502708

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