myostatin

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

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] . Q905695. 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. 4d 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
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