2011/04/08

Disheveled

Dishevelled

Dishevelled specific domain
PBB Protein DVL1 image.jpg
Solution structure of the mouse Dvl-1 DEP domain based on the PDB 1fsh coordinates.
Identifiers
Symbol Dishevelled
Pfam PF02377
InterPro IPR003351
PROSITE PDOC50841

Dishevelled (Dsh) is a family of proteins involved in canonical and non-canonical Wnt signalling pathways. Dsh is a cytoplasmic phosphoprotein that acts directly downstream of frizzled receptors.

Dishevelled plays important roles in both the embryo and the adult, ranging from cellular differentiation and cell polarity to social behavior.

Members

There are three human genes that encode dishevelled proteins:

References

External links






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