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Facts about Osteocrin.
Required to improve physical endurance: triggered following physical exercise in muscle and promotes cGMP production, probably by interacting with NPR3/NPR-C (PubMed:26668395). May act as an autocrine and paracrine factor linked to glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle (PubMed:15044443).
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Gene Name: | Ostn |
Uniprot: | P61364 |
Entrez: | 239790 |
Belongs to: |
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Osteocrin family |
Musclin; Osteocrin; OSTN
Mass (kDA):
14.438 kDA
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Location: | 16|16 B2 |
Sequence: | 16; |
Expressed in skeletal muscle and to a much lesser extent in bone, brown adipose tissue, spleen and testis (PubMed:14523025, PubMed:15044443, PubMed:26668395). Not expressed in neurons (PubMed:27830782).
PMID: 14523025 by Thomas G., et al. Osteocrin, a novel bone-specific secreted protein that modulates the osteoblast phenotype.
PMID: 15044443 by Nishizawa H., et al. Musclin, a novel skeletal muscle-derived secretory factor.