Frizzled 8 Recombinant Antibody

Receptor for Wnt proteins. Component of the Wnt-Fzd-LRP5-LRP6 complex that triggers beta-catenin signaling through inducing aggregation of receptor-ligand complexes into ribosome-sized signalosomes. The beta-catenin canonical 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. 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. Coreceptor along with RYK of Wnt proteins, such as WNT1

Frizzled 8 seven transmembrane spanning receptor; frizzled 8, seven transmembrane spanning receptor; Frizzled family receptor 8; frizzled homolog 8 (Drosophila) ; Frizzled homolog 8; Frizzled-8; FZ 8; Fz-8; FZ8; FZD 8; FZD8; FZD8_HUMAN; hFZ 8; hFZ8; HGNC4046; Homolog of Drosophila Frizzled 8.