Bone morphogenetic protein 15 | |||||||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||||||
Symbols | BMP15; GDF9B; ODG2; POF4 | ||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 300247 MGI: 1316745 HomoloGene: 3977 GeneCards: BMP15 Gene | ||||||||||||
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Orthologs | |||||||||||||
Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||
Entrez | 9210 | 12155 | |||||||||||
Ensembl | ENSG00000130385 | ENSMUSG00000023279 | |||||||||||
UniProt | O95972 | Q3USZ3 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_005448 | NM_009757.4 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (protein) | NP_005439 | NP_033887.1 | |||||||||||
Location (UCSC) | Chr X: 50.65 – 50.66 Mb |
Chr X: 5.89 – 5.9 Mb |
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PubMed search | [1] | [2] |
Bone morphogenetic protein 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BMP15 gene.[1][2]
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the TGF-β superfamily. It is a paracrine signaling molecule involved in oocyte and follicular development. Using Northern blot analysis, BMP15 has been shown to be exclusively expressed in the ovaries. It is thought that this protein may be involved in oocyte maturation and follicular development as a homodimer or by forming heterodimers with a related protein, Gdf9.[2]
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