BAMBI

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BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor homolog (Xenopus laevis), also known as BAMBI, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the BAMBI gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a transmembrane glycoprotein related to the type I receptors of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) family, whose members play important roles in signal transduction in many developmental and pathological processes. The encoded protein however is a pseudoreceptor, lacking an intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain required for signaling. Similar proteins in frog, mouse and zebrafish function as negative regulators of TGF-beta, which has led to the suggestion that the encoded protein may function to limit the signaling range of the TGF-beta family during early embryogenesis.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor homolog (Xenopus laevis)".
  2. Degen WG, Weterman MA, van Groningen JJ, Cornelissen IM, Lemmers JP, Agterbos MA, Geurts van Kessel A, Swart GW, Bloemers HP (February 1996). "Expression of nma, a novel gene, inversely correlates with the metastatic potential of human melanoma cell lines and xenografts". Int. J. Cancer. 65 (4): 460–5. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960208)65:4<460::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-E. PMID 8621228.

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