Abstract:
:The Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway plays multiple functions in animal development and, when deregulated, in human disease. The G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) Frizzled and its cognate heterotrimeric Gi/o proteins initiate the intracellular signaling cascades resulting in cell fate determination and polarization. In this review, we summarize the knowledge on the ligand recognition, biochemistry, modifications and interacting partners of the Frizzled proteins viewed as GPCRs. We also discuss the effectors of the heterotrimeric Go protein in Frizzled signaling. One group of these effectors is represented by small GTPases of the Rab family, which amplify the initial Wnt/Frizzled signal. Another effector is the negative regulator of Wnt signaling Axin, which becomes deactivated in response to Go action. The discovery of the GPCR properties of Frizzled receptors not only provides mechanistic understanding to their signaling pathways, but also paves new avenues for the drug discovery efforts.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Koval A,Purvanov V,Egger-Adam D,Katanaev VLdoi
10.1016/j.bcp.2011.06.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-11-15 00:00:00pages
1311-9issue
10eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
S0006-2952(11)00370-4journal_volume
82pub_type
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