The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Matrix Gla Protein across different species:

matrix Gla protein (MGP), matrix Gla protein (Mgp), matrix Gla protein (mgp-A), matrix Gla protein (mgp), matrix Gla protein (LOC100136171), matrix Gla protein (LOC100136434), Matrix Gla protein (mgp)

Other aliases include:

NTI, GIG36, MGLAP, Mglap, MGP, mgp-A, LOC100136434, DKFZp468D0810, mgp

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Matrix Gla Protein:

matrix Gla protein – matrix gamma-carboxyglutamate (gla) protein – Matrix Gla protein

Matrix Gla Protein fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – calcium-dependent protein binding – extracellular matrix structural constituent – structural constituent of bone

Matrix Gla Protein is relevant to the following processes:

cartilage condensation – cell differentiation – lung development – multicellular organismal development – ossification – regulation of bone mineralization – response to calcium ion – response to hormone stimulus – response to mechanical stimulus – response to nutrient – cartilage development – branching morphogenesis of a tube – protein complex assembly – response to chemical stimulus – response to glucocorticoid stimulus

Locations for Matrix Gla Protein:

endoplasmic reticulum – extracellular region – extracellular space – protein complex – proteinaceous extracellular matrix – extracellular matrix

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology