Summary

Name WNT7A
Full Name Protein Wnt-7a
Synonyms WNT7A_HUMAN
Primary ID O00755
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Type protein
Relations 13
Pathways Satellite: WNT, WNT Signaling, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
Function Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors that functions in the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway (By similarity). Plays an important role in embryonic development, including dorsal versus ventral patterning during limb development, skeleton development and urogenital tract development (PubMed:16826533). Required for central nervous system (CNS) angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier regulation (PubMed:30026314). Required for normal, sexually dimorphic development of the Mullerian ducts, and for normal fertility in both sexes (By similarity). Required for normal neural stem cell proliferation in the hippocampus dentate gyrus (By similarity). Required for normal progress through the cell cycle in neural progenitor cells, for self-renewal of neural stem cells, and for normal neuronal differentiation and maturation (By similarity). Promotes formation of synapses via its interaction with FZD5 (By similarity).

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Regulator Mechanism target score
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding Frizzled 0.759
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates img/direct-activation.png WNT7A 0.321
Publications: 1
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding FZD7 0.664
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens,
Tissue: Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Skeletal Muscle
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding LRP6 0.634
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates activity img/indirect-activation.png MYOD1 0.359
Publications: 2 Organism: Mus Musculus
Tissue: Muscle, Skeletal Muscle
Pathways:WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates activity img/indirect-activation.png PRKACA 0.2
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Tissue: Skeletal Muscle
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding FZD3 0.631
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity by repression img/indirect_inhibition.png transcriptional regulation SPRY4 0.281
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates activity img/indirect_inhibition.png WNT7A 0.276
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates activity img/direct-activation.png binding LRP5 0.587
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
Pathways:WNT Signaling, WNT Signaling and Myogenesis