Predicted to enable BMP receptor binding activity and cytokine activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including animal organ development; negative regulation of steroid hormone biosynthetic process; and transmembrane receptor protein serine/threonine kinase signaling pathway. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including anterior head development; ear development; and male genitalia development. Located in extracellular space and vesicle. Orthologous to human BMP5 (bone morphogenetic protein 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]