Predicted to enable BMP receptor binding activity and cytokine activity. Predicted to be involved in BMP signaling pathway; SMAD protein signal transduction; and positive regulation of pathway-restricted SMAD protein phosphorylation. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Orthologous to human BMP8A (bone morphogenetic protein 8a) and BMP8B (bone morphogenetic protein 8b). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]