Recombinant Human Follistatin protein (His tag)
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Recombinant Human Follistatin protein (His tag) is a Human Fragment protein, in the 1 to 329 aa range, expressed in HEK 293 cells, with >85%, < 1 EU/µg endotoxin level, suitable for SDS-PAGE.
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Follistatin, FS, Activin-binding protein, FST
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SDS-PAGE - Recombinant Human Follistatin protein (His tag) (AB276301)
SDS-PAGE analysis of ab276301
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Biological function summary
Follistatin modulates multiple processes such as cell growth differentiation and reproductive physiology. It acts as a binding protein for activin neutralizing its activity. By preventing activin from engaging with its receptor complexes follistatin influences developmental and regenerative processes. Despite not being a part of a transmembrane complex its interaction with activin impacts extracellular interactions.
Pathways
Follistatin plays a significant role in the regulation of the TGF-β signaling pathway and the muscle growth pathway. In the TGF-β pathway it counteracts the signaling of activin which influences cellular homeostasis and inflammatory responses. In the muscle growth pathway follistatin interferes with myostatin another member of the TGF-β family promoting muscle growth. This cross-talk with proteins such as myostatin demonstrates follistatin's influence in muscle regeneration and development.
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Function
Multifunctional regulatory protein whose primary function is to antagonize members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) superfamily including activin, myostatin, GDF11 or bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) (PubMed : 11279126, PubMed : 16482217, PubMed : 18535106). Mechanistically, binds to these ligands in the extracellular space, blocking their type II receptor-binding site to inhibit downstream signaling (PubMed : 16482217). Plays an essential role in muscle fiber formation and growth both by preventing the repressive effects of myostatin and through SMAD3/AKT/mTOR signaling independently of myostatin (By similarity). Also promotes neural differentiation by antagonizing the action BMP4 (By similarity). Acts as a specific inhibitor of the biosynthesis and secretion of pituitary follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) by sequestering activin A/INHBA (PubMed : 11279126). On the other hand, translocates into the nucleus where it down-regulates rRNA synthesis and ribosome biogenesis to maintain cellular energy homeostasis by binding to rDNA.
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Nucleus
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