FZD6
Frizzled-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FZD6 gene.[1][2][3]
Members of the 'frizzled' gene family encode 7-transmembrane domain proteins that are receptors for WNT signaling proteins. The FZD6 protein contains a signal peptide, a cysteine-rich domain in the N-terminal extracellular region, and 7 transmembrane domains. However, unlike many other FZD family members, FDZ6 does not contain a C-terminal PDZ domain-binding motif.[3] The FZD6 protein is believed to be the receptor for the WNT4 ligand.[4]
Phenotypes
In 2004, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute showed that FZD6 controls hair patterning in mice,[3] and its human homologue is understood to play a part in the formation of hair whorls and cowlicks.
Interactions
FZD6 has been shown to interact with Secreted frizzled-related protein 1.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Tokuhara M, Hirai M, Atomi Y, Terada M, Katoh M (Mar 1998). "Molecular cloning of human Frizzled-6". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 243 (2): 622–7. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8143. PMID 9480858.
- ↑ Golan T, Yaniv A, Bafico A, Liu G, Gazit A (Apr 2004). "The human Frizzled 6 (HFz6) acts as a negative regulator of the canonical Wnt. beta-catenin signaling cascade". J Biol Chem 279 (15): 14879–88. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306421200. PMID 14747478.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Entrez Gene: FZD6 frizzled homolog 6 (Drosophila)".
- ↑ Lyons JP, Mueller UW, Ji H, Everett C, Fang X, Hsieh JC, Barth AM, McCrea PD. (Aug 2004). "WNT4 activates the canonical beta-catenin-mediated WNT pathway and binds FZD6 CRD: functional implications of Wnt/beta-catenin activity in kidney epithelial cells.". Experimental Cell Research 298 (2): 369–387. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.036. PMID 15265686.
- ↑ Bafico, A; Gazit A, Pramila T, Finch P W, Yaniv A, Aaronson S A (Jun 1999). "Interaction of frizzled related protein (FRP) with WNT ligands and the frizzled receptor suggests alternative mechanisms for FRP inhibition of WNT signaling". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 274 (23): 16180–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.23.16180. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10347172.
External links
- "Frizzled Receptors: FZD6". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
Further reading
- Wang Y, Macke JP, Abella BS, et al. (1996). "A large family of putative transmembrane receptors homologous to the product of the Drosophila tissue polarity gene frizzled.". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (8): 4468–76. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.8.4468. PMID 8626800.
- Finch PW, He X, Kelley MJ, et al. (1997). "Purification and molecular cloning of a secreted, Frizzled-related antagonist of Wnt action.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (13): 6770–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.13.6770. PMC 21233. PMID 9192640.
- Bafico A, Gazit A, Pramila T, et al. (1999). "Interaction of frizzled related protein (FRP) with WNT ligands and the frizzled receptor suggests alternative mechanisms for FRP inhibition of Wnt signaling.". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (23): 16180–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.23.16180. PMID 10347172.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Omoto S, Hayashi T, Kitahara K, et al. (2004). "Autosomal dominant familial exudative vitreoretinopathy in two Japanese families with FZD4 mutations (H69Y and C181R).". Ophthalmic Genet. 25 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1080/13816810490514270. PMID 15370539.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes.". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
- Sirchia R, Luparello C (2007). "Mid-region parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) and gene expression of MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells.". Biol. Chem. 388 (5): 457–65. doi:10.1515/BC.2007.059. PMID 17516841.
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