The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamate (Gla) Protein across different species:

bone gamma-carboxyglutamate (gla) protein (BGLAP), bone gamma carboxyglutamate protein (Bglap), bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein 2 (Bglap2), bone gamma-carboxyglutamate (gla) protein (Bglap), bone Gla protein (bgp), osteocalcin (LOC792433), osteocalcin (ocn), osteocalcin (bgp), osteocalcin (LOC100286409), osteocalcin (LOC100529177), osteocalcin (LOC100534506)

Other aliases include:

OC, BGP, PMF1, OG1, mOC-A, Bglap1, Bglap2, Bgp, Og2, mOC-B, Bgpr, Bgpra, BGLAP, bgp, LOC792433, ocn, LOC100286409

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamate (Gla) Protein:

osteocalcin – bone Gla protein – gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing protein – bone gamma-carboxyglutamate (gla) protein (osteocalcin) – BGP – OTTMUSP00000024830 – bone gamma carboxyglutamate protein 1 – OTTMUSP00000024832 – bone Gla-protein – bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein 2 – bone gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) protein (osteocalcin) – bone gamma-carboxyglutamate (gla) protein – xBGP – hypothetical protein LOC792433 – Osteocalcin

Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamate (Gla) Protein fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – hydroxyapatite binding – structural constituent of bone – metal ion binding

Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamate (Gla) Protein is relevant to the following processes:

cell adhesion – odontogenesis – osteoblast differentiation – regulation of bone mineralization – regulation of bone resorption – regulation of osteoclast differentiation – response to vitamin D – skeletal system development – biomineral tissue development – biomineral formation – bone development – cell aging – cellular response to vitamin D – ossification – osteoblast development – response to activity – response to drug – response to estrogen stimulus – response to ethanol – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to gravity – response to hydroxyisoflavone – response to inorganic substance – response to mechanical stimulus – response to nutrient levels – response to organic cyclic substance – response to protein stimulus – response to testosterone stimulus – response to zinc ion

Locations for Bone gamma-Carboxyglutamate (Gla) Protein:

extracellular region – Golgi apparatus – cell projection – cytoplasm – extracellular space – membrane-bounded vesicle – rough endoplasmic reticulum

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology