人绒毛膜促性腺激素β重组兔单抗

Cancer > Cancer Metabolism > Metabolic signaling pathway > Hormone biosynthesis

Metabolism > Pathways and Processes > Endocrine metabolism > Hormone biosynthesis

Signal Transduction > Growth Factors/Hormones > Hormones

Entrez Gene : 1082 Human

SwissProt : P0DN86 Human

The beta subunit of chorionic gonadotropin (CGB) is encoded by six highly homologous and structurally similar genes that are arranged in tandem and inverted pairs on chromosome 19q13.3, and contiguous with the luteinizing hormone beta (LHB) subunit gene. The CGB genes are primarily distinguished by differences in the 5' untranscribed region. This gene was originally thought to be one of the two pseudogenes (CGB1 and CGB2) of CGB subunit, however, detection of CGB1 and CGB2 transcripts in vivo, and their presence on the polysomes, suggested that these transcripts are translated. To date, a protein product corresponding to CGB1 has not been isolated. The deduced sequence of the hypothetical protein of 132 aa does not share any similarity with that of functional CGB subunits (PMID:8954017). However, a 155 aa protein, translated from a different frame, is about the same size, and shares 98% identity with other CGB subunits. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]