myostatin

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens: growth differentiation factor, inhibitor of skeletal muscle growth
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Summary

myostatin is a carbohydrate[1]. myostatin draws 299 Wikipedia views per month (carbohydrate category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • myostatin's instance of is recorded as carbohydrate[3].
  • myostatin's physically interacts with is recorded as Landogrozumab[4].
  • myostatin's physically interacts with is recorded as Domagrozumab[5].
  • myostatin is part of Cystine-knot cytokine[6].
  • myostatin is part of growth/differentiation factor 8[7].
  • myostatin is part of Transforming growth factor-beta, C-terminal domain, protein family[8].
  • myostatin is part of TGF-beta, propeptide family[9].
  • myostatin is part of Transforming growth factor beta, conserved site, protein family[10].
  • myostatin's Commons category is recorded as Myostatin[11].
  • myostatin comprises Transforming growth factor beta, conserved site[12].
  • myostatin comprises Transforming growth factor-beta, C-terminal[13].
  • myostatin comprises TGF-beta, propeptide[14].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as cytokine activity[15].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as heparin binding[16].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as protein binding[17].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as transforming growth factor beta receptor binding[18].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as growth factor activity[19].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as signaling receptor binding[20].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as protein homodimerization activity[21].
  • myostatin's molecular function is recorded as identical protein binding[22].
  • myostatin's cell component is recorded as cytoplasm[23].
  • myostatin's cell component is recorded as extracellular region[24].
  • myostatin's cell component is recorded as extracellular space[25].
  • myostatin's biological process is recorded as regulation of apoptotic process[26].
  • myostatin's biological process is recorded as negative regulation of protein kinase B signaling[27].

Body

Definition and Type

myostatin's instance of is recorded as carbohydrate[3].

Use and Application

Components include Transforming growth factor beta, conserved site[12], Transforming growth factor-beta, C-terminal[13], and TGF-beta, propeptide[14]. Part of include Cystine-knot cytokine[6]; growth/differentiation factor 8[7]; Transforming growth factor-beta, C-terminal domain, protein family[8], a protein family associated with domain[28]; TGF-beta, propeptide family[9]; and Transforming growth factor beta, conserved site, protein family[10].

Why It Matters

myostatin draws 299 Wikipedia views per month (carbohydrate category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] myostatin has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] myostatin is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Regulation of myostatin in vivo by growth and differentiation factor-associated serum protein-1: a novel protein with protease inhibitor and follistatin domains. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Organization of the human myostatin gene and expression in healthy men and HIV-infected men with muscle wasting. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Myostatin Signals through a Transforming Growth Factor β-Like Signaling Pathway To Block Adipogenesis. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Structure of the human myostatin precursor and determinants of growth factor latency.. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Myostatin reduces Akt/TORC1/p70S6K signaling, inhibiting myoblast differentiation and myotube size. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Physically interacts with → Landogrozumab, Domagrozumab
    Encoded by → MSTN
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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