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DESCRIPTION

Also known as GDF11_HUMAN, GDF11, BMP11. Secreted signal that acts globally to regulate anterior/posterior axial patterning during development. May play critical roles in patterning both mesodermal and neural tissues (By similarity). It is required for proper vertebral patterning and orofacial development (PubMed:31215115). Signals through activin receptors type-2, ACVR2A and ACVR2B, and activin receptors type-1, ACVR1B, ACVR1C and TGFBR1 leading to the phosphorylation of SMAD2 and SMAD3 (PubMed:28257634). Homodimer; disulfide-linked (PubMed:26919518 and PubMed:31215115). Interacts directly with ACVR2B (By similarity). Interacts directly with ACVR2A (By similarity). Interacts with ACVR1B, TGFBR1 and ACVR1C in an ACVR2B-dependent manner (By similarity). Interacts with FST isoform 2/FS-288 (PubMed:28257634).

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GDF11

Growth/differentiation factor 11

GDF11

Molecular Synopsis