COMPARTMENTS

FGF21 localizations

FGF21 [ENSP00000471477]

Fibroblast growth factor 21; Stimulates glucose uptake in differentiated adipocytes via the induction of glucose transporter SLC2A1/GLUT1 expression (but not SLC2A4/GLUT4 expression). Activity requires the presence of KLB. ; Belongs to the heparin-binding growth factors family.

Synonyms: FGF21, FGF21p, hFGF21, Q9NSA1, Q9NSA1p ...

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The subcellular localizations are derived from database annotations, automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, and sequence-based predictions. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Janos Binder, Sune Frankild, Kalliopi Tsafou, Christian Stolte, Sean O'Donoghue, Reinhard Schneider, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Currently maintained by Qingyao Huang at Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.