wnt2 proto-oncogene protein (IRP protein, int-1-related protein, WNT2, INT1L1, IRP)

Function

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

Structure

belongs to the Wnt family

Compartment

• secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix

Expression

• expressed in brain in the thalamus, in fetal & adult lung & in placenta

More general terms

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

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7472
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P09544.html
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/147870
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=7472