Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables hormone activity. A structural constituent of bone. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of bone development; regulation of testosterone biosynthetic process; and type B pancreatic cell proliferation. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to BMP stimulus. Located in cytoplasm. Is active in extracellular region. Is expressed in several structures, including forelimb; inner ear; jaw; skeleton; and tongue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in osteoarthritis; osteoporosis; prostate cancer; rheumatoid arthritis; and vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Orthologous to human BGLAP (bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein).
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