Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide

LHB
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1M92
Identifiers
Aliases	LHB, CGB4, LSH-B, hHH23, Luteinizing hormone beta polypeptide, LSH-beta, Luteinizing hormone subunit beta
External IDs	OMIM: 152780 MGI: 96782 HomoloGene: 81806 GeneCards: LHB
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	49,017,091 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	anterior pituitary; ; body of pancreas; ; endothelial cell; ; placenta; ; stromal cell of endometrium; ; body of stomach; ; duodenum; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; thymus; ; adrenal cortex;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	signaling receptor binding; hormone activity;
Cellular component	Golgi lumen; extracellular region; extracellular space; cytoplasm;
Biological process	cell-cell signaling; progesterone biosynthetic process; male gonad development; peptide hormone processing; signal transduction; hormone-mediated signaling pathway; ovulation; regulation of signaling receptor activity; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3972
	16866
	ENSG00000104826
	ENSMUSG00000100916
	P01229
	O09108
	NM_000894
	NM_008497
	NP_000885
	NP_032523
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Luteinizing hormone subunit beta also known as lutropin subunit beta or LHβ is a polypeptide that in association with an alpha subunit common to all gonadotropin hormones forms the reproductive signaling molecule luteinizing hormone. In humans it is encoded by the LHB gene.

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