bone morphogenetic protein 5; BMP-5 (BMP5)

Function

• induces cartilage & bone formation

Structure

• homodimer; disulfide-linked (putative)
• belongs to the TGF-beta family

Compartment

secreted

Expression

expressed in the lung & liver

More general terms

• bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)
• TGF-beta family protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=653
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:653
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/112265
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P22003.html