This family contains the membrane spanning region of frizzled and smoothened receptors. This membrane region is predicted to contain seven transmembrane alpha helices. Proteins related to Drosophila frizzled are receptors for Wnt (mediating the beta-catenin signalling pathway), but also the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway and the Wnt/calcium pathway. The predominantly alpha-helical Cys-rich ligand-binding region (CRD) of Frizzled is both necessary and sufficient for Wnt binding. The smoothened receptor mediates hedgehog signalling.
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