Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables heparin binding activity. Involved in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neuronal migration to the hypothalamus; response to ischemia; and vascular wound healing. Acts upstream of or within extracellular matrix organization and positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion. Located in extracellular matrix. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; embryo mesenchyme; intervertebral disc; lung; and molar. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Orthologous to human NDNF (neuron derived neurotrophic factor).
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