Gene Information
Gene NameMSTN
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length375
Protein NamesGrowth/differentiation factor 8 (GDF-8) (Myostatin)
Target Namemyostatin
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age424 ( ENSG00000138379 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBO14793
Gene CardMSTN
Uniprot IDO14793
PfamPF00019; PF00688
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.29991948)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Mstn ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mstn ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MSTN ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGDF11
ParalogsBMP3, INHBC, GDF15, BMP6, INHBA, GDF6, TGFB3, BMP2, BMP10, TGFB1, INHA, GDF9, GDF11, BMP5, BMP7, INHBB, GDF5, GDF1, GDF2, BMP4, LEFTY1, LEFTY2, GDF3, INHBE, GDF7, GDF10, BMP15, TGFB2, BMP8A, BMP8B, NODAL
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.033333(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5F3B  (X-ray  1.76A  5F3H  (X-ray  2.70A  5NTU  (X-ray  2.58A  5NXS  (X-ray  4.19A  6UMX  (X-ray  2.79A 
DBSNP rs1805085  rs1805086  rs34780010  rs16823988 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O08689}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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