JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Please enable JavaScript to view this website.

Fzd1

Domain

Lys-Thr-X-X-X-Trp motif interacts with the PDZ domain of Dvl (Disheveled) family members and is involved in the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway.

The FZ domain is involved in binding with Wnt ligands.

Function

Receptor for Wnt proteins (PubMed:15923619). Activated by WNT7B (PubMed:15923619). Activated by WNT3A, WNT3, WNT1 and to a lesser extent WNT2, but apparently not by WNT4, WNT5A, WNT5B, WNT6, WNT7A or WNT7B (By similarity). Contradictory results showing activation by WNT7B have been described for mouse (PubMed:15923619). Functions in the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway (PubMed:15923619). The canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway leads to the activation of disheveled proteins, inhibition of GSK-3 kinase, nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin and activation of Wnt target genes (PubMed:15923619). A second signaling pathway involving PKC and calcium fluxes has been seen for some family members, but it is not yet clear if it represents a distinct pathway or if it can be integrated in the canonical pathway, as PKC seems to be required for Wnt-mediated inactivation of GSK-3 kinase. Both pathways seem to involve interactions with G-proteins. May be involved in transduction and intercellular transmission of polarity information during tissue morphogenesis and/or in differentiated tissues (Probable).

Post-translational modifications

Ubiquitinated by ZNRF3, leading to its degradation by the proteasome.

Sequence Similarities

Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor Fz/Smo family.

Tissue Specificity

Expressed in chondrocytes.

Cellular localization

Alternative names

Frizzled-1, Fz-1, mFz1, Fzd1

swissprot:O70421 entrezGene:14362