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WIF domain. The WIF domain is found in the RYK tyrosine kinase receptors and WIF, the Wnt-inhibitory- factor. The domain is extracellular and contains two conserved cysteines that may form a disulphide bridge. This domain is Wnt binding in WIF, and it has been suggested that RYK may also bind to Wnt. The WIF domain is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, and it comprises nine beta-strands and two alpha-helices, with two of the beta-strands (6 and 9) interrupted by four and six residues of irregular secondary structure, respectively. Considering that the activity of Wnts depends on the presence of a palmitoylated cysteine residue in their amino-terminal polypeptide segment, Wnt proteins are lipid-modified and can act as stem cell growth factors, it is likely that the WIF domain recognises and binds to Wnts that have been activated by palmitoylation and that the recognition of palmitoylated Wnts by WIF-1 is effected by its WIF domain rather than by its EGF domains. A strong binding affinity for palmitoylated cysteine residues would further explain the remarkably high affinity of human WIF-1 not only for mammalian Wnts, but also for Wnts from Xenopus and Drosophila.
No pairwise interactions found for the domain WIF
Tips:  If you've navigated here from a protein, hovering over a position on the weblogo will display the corresponding protein position for that domain position. The histograms below the weblogo indicate mutations found on the domain. Red is for disease (OMIM) and blue is for SNPs. Functional Features are displayed as orange boxes under the histograms. You can choose which features are displayed in the box below. Range on the Protein: Protein ID Protein Position Domain Position:  No Conserved Features/Sites Found for WIF
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