Tags: Protein.
SMAD family member 6 also known as SMAD6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMAD6 gene.SMAD6 is a protein that as its name describes is a homolog of the Drosophila gene mothers against decapentaplegic. It belongs to the SMAD family of proteins which belong to the TGFβ superfamily of modulators. Like many other TGFβ family members SMAD6 is involved in cell signalling.