Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (Osteoblast/osteocyte factor 45) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MEPEgene.[5][6] A conserved RGD motif is found in this protein, and this is potentially involved in integrin recognition.[7]
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^Petersen DN, Tkalcevic GT, Mansolf AL, Rivera-Gonzalez R, Brown TA (November 2000). "Identification of osteoblast/osteocyte factor 45 (OF45), a bone-specific cDNA encoding an RGD-containing protein that is highly expressed in osteoblasts and osteocytes". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (46): 36172–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.M003622200. PMID10967096.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)