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| Functional site class: | The DVL binding motif in Frizzled |
| Functional site description: | The Dishevelled (Dvl) protein is conserved in both flies and vertebrates and acts as a critical component of Wnt signalling. This intracellular protein binds to Frizzled (FZD) and functions in both canonical and noncanonical Wnt pathways. It relays Wnt signals from the receptors to the downstream effectors. The Wnt/β catenin pathway is initiated by the binding of Wnt to the FZD, which further recruits the co-receptor LRP5/6 in an oligomeric complex. Further, Wnt induced structural/conformational change in the FZD receptor facilitates the recruitment of Dvl to the plasma membrane. The Dvl-FZD interaction occurs between the Dvl PDZ domain and an internal motif (KTXXXW) of FZD. |
| ELM Description: | The interaction between the PDZ domain of Dvl and the short internal motif present in its targets regulates the Wnt pathway and is important for the membrane localization and phosphorylation of Dvl. The Dvl binds to the internal motif of FZD and not the carboxy terminal site. The K....W is the minimum region required for the PDZ binding although a high affinity interaction site is formed by using the region that spans the KXXXXW motif on its N- and C-terminal sides (Punchihewa,2009). Studies have shown that the lysine and the last hydrophobic residue in the motif are invariant. Moreover, this motif is present in all the members of Frizzled receptors but all of them do not necessarily interact with the Dvl. In case of the Smoothened (SMO) receptors, a variant of this motif exists and the motif sequence is changed to KATXXXW. A X-ray structure of SMO has shown that the motif is part of the helix and Threonine (T-541) participates in the H-bond formation with Valine (V-536) of helix VII (Wang,2013). Additionally, conservation of few other adjacent residues is also seen which are present towards the N-terminus of this motif. These are mainly hydrophobic {W (position620)-[VIL]-[WYG]-[ST]-[AGSK] (position624)} although the presence of small and polar amino acids is observed in two positions (positions are as per human FZD1). Surprisingly, in the case of FZD3 and FZD6 there is a substitution of [WY] to Glycine (G), which is earmarked by the simultaneous presence of another lysine (K) residue in the position after Serine/Threonine (W-V-G-S-K-K-T-X-X-X-W). The Lysine (FZD6 (Human) – K497, FZD3 (Human) - K501) at this position is only present in this family of frizzled receptors. The simultaneous disappearance of W/Y and appearance of K might lead to the change in specificity of the protein. Overall, importance of this motif can be reflected by the fact that mutations in the motif lead to the disruption of Wnt signalling. |
| Pattern: | W.{0,1}[VIL].[ST].KA{0,1}T...W |
| Pattern Probability: | 8.743e-09 |
| Present in taxon: | Metazoa |
| Interaction Domain: |
PDZ (PF00595)
PDZ domain (Also known as DHR or GLGF)
(Stochiometry: 1 : 1)
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| Acc., Gene-, Name | Start | End | Subsequence | Logic | #Ev. | Organism | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q9NPG1 FZD3 FZD3_HUMAN |
497 | 507 | PSVFWVGSKKTCFEWASFFH | TP | 1 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| Q9ULV1 FZD4 FZD4_HUMAN |
494 | 504 | TSGMWIWSAKTLHTWQKCSN | TP | 1 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| Q14332 FZD2 FZD2_HUMAN |
538 | 548 | TSGFWIWSGKTLHSWRKFYT | TP | 1 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| E3UKC9 FzdA E3UKC9_MNELE |
538 | 549 | STGFWVLLSFKTASNWARLL | TP | 1 | Mnemiopsis leidyi (Sea walnut) | |
| O60353 FZD6 FZD6_HUMAN |
493 | 503 | SAVFWVGSKKTCTEWAGFFK | TP | 1 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| G5EDV1 lin-17 G5EDV1_CAEEL |
492 | 502 | SCLMWVLSAKTVHAWKNFIF | TP | 1 | Caenorhabditis elegans | |
| Q9UP38 FZD1 FZD1_HUMAN |
620 | 630 | TSGFWIWSGKTLNSWRKFYT | TP | 3 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| O75084 FZD7 FZD7_HUMAN |
547 | 557 | TTGFWIWSGKTLQSWRRFYH | TP | 8 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| O42579 fzd3 FZD3_XENLA |
496 | 506 | PSVFWVGSKKTCFEWASFFH | TP | 3 | Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) |