Wnt基因所编码的蛋白质与许多生长因子一样具有分泌型生长因子的结构特点;分泌后能与细胞表面基质及其特异性受体Frizzled蛋白相互作用,通过其下游的一系列诸如Dsh(Dishevelled)、β-环形蛋白、GSK3(glycogen synthase kinase 3)、APC(adenomatous polyposis coli)等蛋白质的磷酸化与去磷酸化的过程来完成Wnt信号的传导,在脊椎动物至原虫的生物发育及肿瘤发生中具有重要作用.
The Wnt genes belong to an ever-expanding family of proto-oncogenes that express in species ranging from Drosophila to man. Wnt proteins, as well as other growth factors or signaling molecules, have the characteristics of secreted growth factors. As recently, a group of proteins in Frizzled (Fz) family have been identified as the putative receptors of Wnt family,several components are implicated in the downstream of Wnt/Fz signaling pathway, such as Dishevelled, GSK3 (glycogen synthase kinase 3), APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) and β-catenin.This signal transduction pathway plays a pivotal role not only in the formation and organization of developing organs, but also in biological tumorigenesis.
庄立岩,郭应禄,张志文. Wnt基因与生物发育和肿瘤发生[J].生物化学与生物物理进展,1999,26(2):117-121
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