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. 2017 Oct 21;174(Suppl Suppl 1):S17–S129. doi: 10.1111/bph.13878
Nomenclature LGR5 LGR6 MAS1 MAS1L
HGNC, UniProt LGR5, O75473 LGR6, Q9HBX8 MAS1, P04201 MAS1L, P35410
Endogenous agonists R‐spondin‐2 (RSPO2, Q6UXX9) [277], R‐spondin‐1 (RSPO1, Q2MKA7) [277], R‐spondin‐3 (RSPO3, Q9BXY4) [277], R‐spondin‐4 (RSPO4, Q2I0M5) [277] R‐spondin‐1 (RSPO1, Q2MKA7) [277, 426], R‐spondin‐2 (RSPO2, Q6UXX9) [277, 426], R‐spondin‐3 (RSPO3, Q9BXY4) [277, 426], R‐spondin‐4 (RSPO4, Q2I0M5) [277, 426]
Agonists angiotensin‐(1‐7) (AGT, P01019) [645] – Mouse
Comments The four R‐spondins can bind to LGR4, LGR5, and LGR6, which specifically associate with Frizzled and LDL receptor‐related proteins (LRPs), proteins that are activated by extracellular Wnt molecules and which then trigger canonical Wnt signalling to increase gene expression [277, 426].