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GDF3

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GDF3
Identifiers
AliasesGDF3,KFS3, MCOP7, MCOPCB6, growth differentiation factor 3
External IDsOMIM:606522;MGI:95686;HomoloGene:7336;GeneCards:GDF3;OMA:GDF3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020634

NM_008108

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065685

NP_032134

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 7.69 – 7.7 MbChr 6: 122.58 – 122.59 Mb
PubMedsearch[3][4]
Wikidata
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Growth differentiation factor-3(GDF3), also known asVg-related gene 2(Vgr-2) isproteinthat in humans is encoded by theGDF3gene.[5]GDF3 belongs to thetransforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily.It has high similarity to other TGF-β superfamily members including Vg1 (found in frogs) andGDF1.[5]

Tissue distribution

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Expression of GDF3 occurs inossifyingboneduringembryonic developmentand in thebrain,thymus,spleen,bone marrowandadipose tissueof adults.[6][7]

Function

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GDF3 is a bi-functional protein that has some intrinsic activity and also modulate other TGF-β superfamily members, e.g. potentiates the activity ofNODAL.It may also inhibit other TGF-β superfamily members (i.e.BMPs), thus regulating the balance between different modes of TGF-beta signaling.[8]It has been shown to negatively and positively controldifferentiationofembryonic stem cellsin mice and humans.[9]This molecule plays a role inmesodermanddefinitive endodermformation during the pre-gastrulationstages of development.[6]

References

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  1. ^abcGRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000184344Ensembl,May 2017
  2. ^abcGRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030117Ensembl,May 2017
  3. ^"Human PubMed Reference:".National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^"Mouse PubMed Reference:".National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^abCaricasole AA, van Schaik RH, Zeinstra LM, Wierikx CD, van Gurp RJ, van den Pol M, Looijenga LH, Oosterhuis JW, Pera MF, Ward A, de Bruijn D, Kramer P, de Jong FH, van den Eijnden-van Raaij AJ (January 1998)."Human growth-differentiation factor 3 (hGDF3): developmental regulation in human teratocarcinoma cell lines and expression in primary testicular germ cell tumours".Oncogene.16(1): 95–103.doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1201515.PMID9467948.
  6. ^abChen C, Ware SM, Sato A, Houston-Hawkins DE, Habas R, Matzuk MM, Shen MM, Brown CW (January 2006). "The Vg1-related protein Gdf3 acts in a Nodal signaling pathway in the pre-gastrulation mouse embryo".Development.133(2): 319–29.doi:10.1242/dev.02210.PMID16368929.S2CID14505029.
  7. ^Hexige S, Guo J, Ma L, Sun Y, Liu X, Ma L, Yan X, Li Z, Yu L (December 2005). "Expression pattern of growth/differentiation factor 3 in human and murine cerebral cortex, hippocampus as well as cerebellum".Neurosci. Lett.389(2): 83–7.doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2005.06.071.PMID16126341.S2CID25293256.
  8. ^Levine A, Brivanlou A (2006)."GDF3 at the crossroads of TGF-beta signaling".Cell Cycle.5(10): 1069–73.doi:10.4161/cc.5.10.2771.PMID16721050.
  9. ^Levine A, Brivanlou A (2006). "GDF3, a BMP inhibitor, regulates cell fate in stem cells and early embryos".Development.133(2): 209–16.doi:10.1242/dev.02192.PMID16339188.S2CID35923560.

Further reading

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