Segment Polarity Protein Dishevelled Homolog Dvl-2 (DVL2) Reagents

Segment polarity protein dishevelled homolog DVL-2

Plays a role in the signal transduction pathways mediated by multiple Wnt genes. Participates both in canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling by binding to the cytoplasmic C-terminus of frizzled family members and transducing the Wnt signal to down-stream effectors. Promotes internalization and degradation of frizzled proteins upon Wnt signaling.

Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cytoplasmic vesicle. Nucleus.

DSH family

Dishevelled 2 (homologous to Drosophila dsh); Dishevelled dsh homolog 2; dishevelled segment polarity protein 2; Dishevelled-2; Dishevelled2; DSH homolog 2; DVL 2; Dvl2; DVL2_HUMAN; Segment polarity protein dishevelled homolog DVL 2; Segment polarity protein dishevelled homolog DVL-2; Segment polarity protein dishevelled homolog DVL2

This gene encodes a member of the dishevelled (dsh) protein family. The vertebrate dsh proteins have approximately 40% amino acid sequence similarity with Drosophila dsh. This gene encodes a 90-kD protein that undergoes posttranslational phosphorylation to form a 95-kD cytoplasmic protein, which may play a role in the signal transduction pathway mediated by multiple Wnt proteins. The mechanisms of dishevelled function in Wnt signaling are likely to be conserved among metazoans.