osteomodulin (osteoadherin, OSAD, keratan sulfate proteoglycan osteomodulin, KSPG osteomodulin, OMD)

Function

• role in biomineralization processes (putative)
• binds osteoblasts via the alpha(V)beta(3)-integrin (putative)
• binds keratan sulfate chains (putative)
• sulfated on Tyr (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP)family, class II subfamily
• contains 12 LRR repeats (leucine-rich repeats)

Compartment

secreted, extracellular matrix (putative)

Expression

bone specific

More general terms

• matrix protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q99983.html