Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable heparin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within bone trabecula formation; growth plate cartilage development; and ossification involved in bone maturation. Predicted to be located in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in collagen-containing extracellular matrix. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; lung; musculoskeletal system; sensory organ; and urinary system. Orthologous to human THBS3 (thrombospondin 3).