Frizzled-5 (Fz-5) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FZD5 gene.[1][2][3]

Members of the 'frizzled' gene family encode 7-transmembrane domain proteins that are receptors for Wnt signaling proteins. Fz-5 is believed to be the receptor for the Wnt5A ligand.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wang Y, Macke JP, Abella BS, Andreasson K, Worley P, Gilbert DJ, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Nathans J (Jun 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
  2. ^ Saitoh T, Hirai M, Katoh M (Jun 2001). "Molecular cloning and characterization of human Frizzled-5 gene on chromosome 2q33.3-q34 region". Int J Oncol. 19 (1): 105–10. doi:10.3892/ijo.19.1.105. PMID 11408929
  3. ^ "Entrez Gene: FZD5 frizzled homolog 5 (Drosophila)"

Further reading

  • "Frizzled Receptors: FZD5". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2008-12-04.