Bone morphogenetic protein 15

Bone morphogenetic protein 15
Identifiers
Symbols BMP15; GDF9B; ODG2; POF4
External IDs OMIM300247 MGI1316745 HomoloGene3977 GeneCards: BMP15 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
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
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]

References

  1. ^ Dube JL, Wang P, Elvin J, Lyons KM, Celeste AJ, Matzuk MM (Feb 1999). "The bone morphogenetic protein 15 gene is X-linked and expressed in oocytes". Mol Endocrinol 12 (12): 1809–17. doi:10.1210/me.12.12.1809. PMID 9849956. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: BMP15 bone morphogenetic protein 15". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=9210. 

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.