gene: sma-6 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables BMP binding activity. Involved in several processes, including defense response to other organism; nematode male tail tip morphogenesis; and positive regulation of nitrogen compound metabolic process. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of receptor complex. Expressed in ASI; hypodermis; intestinal cell; pharynx; and tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including bone development disease (multiple); carcinoma (multiple); and glaucoma (multiple). Is an ortholog of human BMPR1B (bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 1B).