bone morphogenetic protein 8A (BMP-8A, BMP8A)

Function

• induces cartilage & bone formation
• may be the osteoinductive factor responsible for the phenomenon of epithelial osteogenesis
• role in Ca+2 regulation & bone homeostasis

Structure

• homodimer, disulfide-linked
• belongs to the TGF-beta family

Compartment

secreted

More general terms

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

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q7Z5Y6.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=353500