WNT8A

WNT8A
Identifiers
Aliases	WNT8A, WNT8D, Wnt family member 8A
External IDs	MGI: 107924 HomoloGene: 7553 GeneCards: WNT8A
Gene ontology Molecular function • receptor agonist activity • receptor binding • frizzled binding Cellular component • extracellular fluid • proteinaceous extracellular matrix • extracellular region Biological process • canonical Wnt signaling pathway involved in neural crest cell differentiation • canonical Wnt signaling pathway • regulation of transcription involved in anterior/posterior axis specification • palate development • multicellular organism development • response to retinoic acid • neural crest cell fate commitment • neuron differentiation • canonical Wnt signaling pathway involved in cardiac muscle cell fate commitment • beta-catenin destruction complex disassembly • Wnt signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	7478	20890
Ensembl	ENSG00000061492	ENSMUSG00000012282
UniProt	Q9H1J5	Q64527
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001300938 NM_001300939 NM_031933 NM_058244	NM_009290
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001287867.1 NP_001287868.1 NP_490645.1	NP_033316.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 5: 138.08 – 138.09 Mb	Chr 18: 34.54 – 34.55 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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Protein Wnt-8a is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WNT8A gene.^[3] Wnt8a may be involved in development of early embryos as well as germ cell tumors.^[3]

References

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. "Entrez Gene: Wnt8a wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 8A".