Disease:This protein plays a principal role in urinary stone formation as the stone matrix. ,Function:Acts as a cytokine involved in enhancing production of interferon-gamma and interleukin-12 and reducing production of interleukin-10 and is essential in the pathway that leads to type I immunity. ,Function:Binds tightly to hydroxyapatite. Appears to form an integral part of the mineralized matrix. Probably important to cell-matrix interaction. ,online information:Osteopontin entry ,PTM:Extensively phosphorylated on clustered serine residues. ,PTM:N- and O-glycosylated. ,similarity:Belongs to the osteopontin family. ,subunit:Ligand for integrin alpha-V/beta-3. ,
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