wnt15 proto-oncogene protein; protein Wnt-9b; Wnt-14b (WNT9B, WNT14B, WNT15, UNQ6973/PRO21956)

Function

• ligand for members of the frizzled family of serpentine receptors
• probable developmental protein
• may be a signaling molecule which affects the development of discrete regions of tissues
• likely to signal over only few cell diameters (putative)

Structure

belongs to the Wnt family

Compartment

• secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix

Expression

• moderately expressed in fetal kidney & adult kidney
• also found in brain

More general terms

• wnt proto-oncogene protein or int proto-oncogene protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=7484
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7484
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602864
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14905.html