Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable BMP receptor binding activity and cytokine activity. Involved in several processes, including allantois development; chordate embryonic development; and heart development. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including anterior head development; ear development; and male genitalia development. Predicted to be located in vesicle. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including bone; central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; limb; and sensory organ. Used to study Meier-Gorlin syndrome. Orthologous to human BMP5 (bone morphogenetic protein 5).