Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin GMP Protein, CF GMP
R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 788-GMP
Key Product Details
Source
NS0
Accession #
Structure / Form
Disulfide-linked homodimer
Conjugate
Unconjugated
Applications
Bioactivity
Product Specifications
Source
Mouse myeloma cell line, NS0-derived GDF-8/Myostatin protein
Asp268-Ser376
Manufactured and tested under current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines.
Asp268-Ser376
Manufactured and tested under current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidelines.
Purity
>90%, by SDS-PAGE with silver staining.
Endotoxin Level
0.10 EU per 1 μg of the protein by the LAL method.
N-terminal Sequence Analysis
Asp-Phe-Gly-Leu-Asp-(Cys)-Asp-Glu-His-Ser
Predicted Molecular Mass
12.4 kDa
SDS-PAGE
12 kDa, reducing conditions
24 kDa, non-reducing conditions
24 kDa, non-reducing conditions
Activity
Measured by its ability to induce hemoglobin expression in K562 human chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Schwall, R.H. et al. (1991) Method Enzymol. 198:340.
The ED50 for this effect is 2-10 ng/mL.
The ED50 for this effect is 2-10 ng/mL.
Host Cell Protein
5.0 ng per µg of protein when tested by ELISA.
Mycoplasma
Negative when tested in a ribosomal RNA hybridization assay.
Scientific Data Images for Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin GMP Protein, CF
Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin GMP Protein Bioactivity
GMP-grade Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin (Catalog # 788-GMP) induces hemoglobin expression in the K562 human chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line. The ED50 for this effect is 2‑10 ng/mL.
Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin GMP Protein SDS-PAGE
1 μg/lane of GMP-grade Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin (Catalog # 788-GMP) was resolved with SDS-PAGE under reducing (R) and non-reducing (NR) conditions and visualized by silver staining, showing the main bands at 12 kDa and 24 kDa, respectively.Formulation, Preparation and Storage
788-GMP
| Formulation | Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in Acetonitrile and TFA. |
| Reconstitution | Reconstitute at 100 μg/mL in 4 mM HCl. |
| Shipping | The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. |
| Stability & Storage | Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
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Background: GDF-8/Myostatin
Growth Differentiation Factor 8 (GDF-8), also known as myostatin, is a member of the TGF-beta superfamily that is expressed specifically in developing and adult skeletal muscle. GDF-8 cDNA encodes a 376 amino acid (aa) prepropeptide with a 24 aa residue signal peptide, a 223 aa residue amino-terminal propeptide, and a 109 aa residue carboxy-terminal mature protein. Mature GDF-8 contains the canonical 7-cysteine motif common to other TGF-beta superfamily members. Similar to the TGF‑ betas, activins and BMP-11, GDF-8 also contains one extra pair of cysteine residues that is not found in other family members. The bioactive form of GDF-8 is a homodimer with an apparent molecular weight of approximately 25 kDa. GDF-8 is highly conserved across species. At the amino acid sequence level, mature human, mouse, rat and cow GDF-8 are 100% identical. Within the TGF-beta superfamily, GDF-8 is most closely related to BMP-11, a mammalian protein that acts as a dorsal mesoderm and neural inducer in Xenopus explants. The two proteins share 90% amino acid sequence identity within their mature chain. A targeted disruption of GDF-8 in mouse results in large mice with a widespread increase in skeletal muscle mass, indicating that GDF-8 is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. A mutation in the bovine GDF-8 gene has been shown to be responsible for the double-muscled phenotype in cattle breeds such as Belgian Blue cattle that is characterized by an increase in muscle mass. GDF-8 has also been shown to inhibit preadipocyte differentiation to adipocytes. Mature GDF-8 binds to activin type II receptors and the binding is antagonized by the activin-binding protein, follistatin. R&D Systems recombinant GDF-8 preparations have been shown to act similarly to Activin A in both the Xenopus animal cap and the K562 assays.
References
- Storm, E.E. et al. (1994) Nature 368:639.
- Sharma, M. et al. (1999) J. Cell Physiol. 180:1.
- McPherron, A.C. et al. (1997) Nature 387:83.
- Lee, S.J. et al. (2001) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:9306.
- Kim, H.S. et al. (2001) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 281:902.
Long Name
Growth Differentiation Factor 8
Alternate Names
GDF8, MSLHP, MSTN, Myostatin
Gene Symbol
MSTN
UniProt
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Product Documents for Recombinant Human/Mouse/Rat GDF-8/Myostatin GMP Protein, CF
Manufacturing Specifications
GMP ProteinsR&D Systems, a Bio-Techne Brand's GMP proteins are produced according to relevant sections of the following documents: USP Chapter 1043, Ancillary Materials for Cell, Gene and Tissue-Engineered Products and Eu. Ph. 5.2.12, Raw Materials of Biological Origin for the Production of Cell-based and Gene Therapy Medicinal Products.
R&D Systems' quality focus includes:
- Manufactured and tested under an ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified quality system
- Documented processes and QA control of documentation and process changes
- Personnel training programs
- Raw material testing and vendor qualification/monitoring
- Fully validated equipment, processes and test methods
- Equipment calibration schedules using a computerized calibration program
- Facility maintenance, safety programs and pest control
- Material review process for variances
- Monitoring of stability over product shelf-life
- N-terminal amino acid analysis, SDS-PAGE analysis, and endotoxin level (as determined by LAL assay) performed on each bulk QC lot, not on individual bottlings of each QC lot
- Post-bottling lot-specific bioassay results (compliance with an established range) and results of microbial testing according to USP
- Host Cell Protein testing performed by ELISA
- Mycoplasma testing by ribosomal RNA hybridization assay
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