GDF8 (myostatin)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:protein
gptkb:gene
gptkbp:alternativeName myostatin
gptkbp:cleavage active myostatin dimer
gptkbp:clinicalTrialPhase myostatin inhibitors for muscle wasting diseases
gptkbp:discoveredBy Se-Jin Lee
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1997
gptkbp:encodedBy GDF8 gene
gptkbp:Entrez_Gene_ID 2660
ENSG00000138379
gptkbp:expressedIn gptkb:skeletal_muscle
gptkbp:fullName Growth Differentiation Factor 8
gptkbp:function negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth
gptkbp:HGNC_ID 4238
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GDF8 (myostatin)
gptkbp:inhibitedBy gptkb:follistatin
gptkb:decorin
GASP-1
GASP-2
muscle cell growth
gptkbp:locatedOnChromosome chromosome 2q32.2 (human)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:TGF-beta_superfamily
gptkbp:mutationAssociatedWith muscle hypertrophy
C313Y (Belgian Blue cattle)
Q204X (Piedmontese cattle)
double muscling in cattle
various loss-of-function mutations in humans
gptkbp:OMIM gptkb:601788
gptkbp:organism gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkbp:orthologIn cattle GDF8
mouse Gdf8
sheep GDF8
gptkbp:pathway gptkb:TGF-beta_signaling_pathway
gptkbp:PDB 3HH2
gptkbp:recipient gptkb:ALK5
gptkb:ALK4
activin type II receptor
gptkbp:regulates muscle mass
gptkbp:significance associated with muscle hypertrophy syndromes
potential target for muscle wasting therapy
gptkbp:species gptkb:dog
gptkb:fish
gptkb:horse_race
gptkb:human
gptkb:livestock
gptkb:mouse
gptkbp:symbol GDF8
gptkbp:target gptkb:follistatin
antibodies
gptkbp:type gptkb:SMAD2/3_pathway
gptkbp:UniProtID O14793
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:TGF-beta_superfamily
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7