Function | Antagonizes canonical Wnt signaling by inhibiting LRP5/6 interaction with Wnt and by forming a ternary complex with the transmembrane protein KREMEN that promotes internalization of LRP5/6. DKKs play an important role in vertebrate development, where they locally inhibit Wnt regulated processes such as antero-posterior axial patterning, limb development, somitogenesis and eye formation. In the adult, Dkks are implicated in bone formation and bone disease, cancer and Alzheimer disease. Inhibits the pro-apoptotic function of KREMEN1 in a Wnt-independent manner, and has anti-apoptotic activity. |
Protein Name | Dickkopf-Related Protein 1Dickkopf-1Dkk-1Hdkk-1Sk |
Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-201681Reactome: R-HSA-3772470Reactome: R-HSA-5339717 |
Cellular Localisation | Secreted |
Alternative Protein Names | Dickkopf-Related Protein 1 proteinDickkopf-1 proteinDkk-1 proteinHdkk-1 proteinSk proteinDKK1 proteinUNQ492 proteinPRO1008 protein |
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