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Ostn Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Ostn
  • Name
    osteocrin
  • Synonyms
    musclin, Ostc
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:2677164
    NCBI Gene: 239790
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    1 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr16:27126239-27169962 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 16, 18.88 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    1741 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2677164
protein coding gene Chr16:27125733-27169962 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0022698
protein coding gene Chr16:25075349-25118480 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0022660
protein coding gene Chr16:23891277-23934727 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0022634
protein coding gene Chr16:24855686-24898081 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0022665
protein coding gene Chr16:24089604-24135702 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0022429
protein coding gene Chr16:24956857-25011976 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0023114
protein coding gene Chr16:25592541-25651654 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0020632
protein coding gene Chr16:24436613-24481641 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0021958
protein coding gene Chr16:24998547-25043809 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0022400
protein coding gene Chr16:26722259-26772508 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0022532
protein coding gene Chr16:23836116-23878043 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0022508
protein coding gene Chr16:23809990-23858652 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0022600
protein coding gene Chr16:24849894-24896634 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0022527
protein coding gene Chr16:26182094-26251939 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0023126
protein coding gene Chr16:24814161-24859014 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0021697
protein coding gene Chr16:24106028-24145681 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0021528
protein coding gene Chr16:24543717-24586064 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0022002
protein coding gene Chr16:24751879-24794013 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    OSTN, osteocrin
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    OSTN, osteocrin
  • Synonyms
    MUSCLIN
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 344901
    neXtProt AC: NX_P61366
    UniProt: P61366

  • Chr Location
    3q28; chr3:191199241-191265615 (+)  GRCh38

Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    4 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    12 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mice homozygous for a null allele display impaired exercise endurance and impaired muscle adaptation to exercise.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000052276 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 43724 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000066852 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1423 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000067539 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 130 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 8
    cDNA 7
    Primer pair 1

    Microarray probesets 1
References
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  • Summaries
    All 38
    Developmental Gene Expression 5
    Gene Ontology 7
    Phenotypes 12
  • Earliest
    J:87170 Thomas G, et al., Osteocrin, a novel bone-specific secreted protein that modulates the osteoblast phenotype. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 12;278(50):50563-71
  • Latest
    J:358302 Kang X, et al., Exercise-induced Musclin determines the fate of fibro-adipogenic progenitors to control muscle homeostasis. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Feb 1;31(2):212-226.e7

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
12/10/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory