Članovi familije „uvojitih“ proteina su 7-transmembranski receptori za Wnt signalne proteine. FZD6 protein sadrži signalni peptid, cisteinom bogati domen u N-terminalnom ekstracelularnom regionu i 7 transmembranski domen. Za razliku od mnogih drugih članova FZD familije, FDZ6 ne sadrži C-terminalni PDZ vezujući motif.[3] Postoje indikacije da je FZD6 protein receptor za WNT4 ligand.[4]
↑Tokuhara M, Hirai M, Atomi Y, Terada M, Katoh M (Mar 1998). „Molecular cloning of human Frizzled-6”. Biochem Biophys Res Commun243 (2): 622–7. DOI:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8143. PMID9480858.
↑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 Chem279 (15): 14879–88. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M306421200. PMID14747478.
↑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 Research298 (2): 369–387. DOI:10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.04.036. PMID15265686.
↑Bafico, A; Gazit A, Pramila T, Finch P W, Yaniv A, Aaronson S A (June 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. ISSN0021-9258. PMID10347172.
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„Frizzled Receptors: FZD6”. IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2016-01-24.