Description
Product Characteristics:
Twisted Gastrulation Protein 1(TWSG1) is a secreted BMP binding protein structurally related to the BMP antagonists Chordin and Noggin. TSG can inhibit BMP activity by binding directly to BMP proteins thereby preventing BMPs from binding to their receptors. It can act either as a BMP4 agonist or antagonist (depending on the specific biochemical environment) by binding to the BMP4/Chordin complex.
Subcellular location: Secreted
Synonyms: PSEC0250, TSG, TSG1, twisted gastrulation homolog 1, Twisted gastrulation protein, TWSG1_HUMAN.
Target Information: May be involved in dorsoventral axis formation. Seems to antagonize BMP signaling by forming ternary complexes with CHRD and BMPs, thereby preventing BMPs from binding to their receptors. In addition to the anti-BMP function, also has pro-BMP activity, partly mediated by cleavage and degradation of CHRD, which releases BMPs from ternary complexes. May be an important modulator of BMP-regulated cartilage development and chondrocyte differentiation. May play a role in thymocyte development (By similarity)