… ; pathological calcification can occur in arteries" and cartilage" and … calcification has yet
been identified. A candidate molecule is matrix GLA protein (Mgp), a mineralbinding ECM protein…

… These growth plate specimens included the lower hypertrophic zone and must, therefore,
have contained a small amount of calcified cartilage in the form of calcified longitudinal septa (8…

… of calcification may trigger calcium deposition. One of these inhibitory factors, matrix Gla
protein (… MGP, originally isolated from bone, is a vitamin K-dependent protein that is also highly …

… Matrix Gla protein (MGP/Mgp) is a protein expressed predom… 1–3 months after birth due
to calcification of elastic fibers and … on cartilage formation that commonly occurs in calcified …

… K-dependent protein, matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a binding protein for bone morphogenetic
protein-2 (… Gla region in MGP is involved in BMP-2 binding. Recombinant BMP-2 binds to the …

… : Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is a vitamin K-dependent protein, … a calcification-inhibitor although
the mechanism of action is still not fully understood. The modulation of tissue calcification …

Matrix GLA protein (MGP), a γ-carboxyglutamic acid (GLA)–rich, vitamin K–dependent and
apatite-binding protein, is a regulator of hypertrophic cartilage mineralization during …

… -dependent matrix Gla protein. Implications for the possible functions of matrix Gla protein and
… Matrix Gla protein is involved in elastic fiber calcification in the dermis of pseudoxanthoma …

… Other notable features of GRP are: 1) a docking site for the γ-glutamyl carboxylase in the
propeptide; 2) a AXXF motif (proteolytic cleavage site also present in the matrix Gla protein) in …

… ], several VKDPs, such as matrix Gla protein (MGP), osteocalcin (OC), and recently Gla-rich …
in sturgeon calcified cartilage and characterized by the presence of 15 putative Gla residues …