hCG Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

The four human glycoprotein hormones chorionic gonadotropin (CG), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are dimers consisting of alpha and beta subunits that are associated noncovalently. The alpha subunits of these hormones are identical, however, their beta chains are unique and confer biological specificity. The protein encoded by this gene is the alpha subunit and belongs to the glycoprotein hormones alpha chain family. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]

CGA: The four human glycoprotein hormones chorionic gonadotropin (CG), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are dimers consisting of alpha and beta subunits that are associated noncovalently. The alpha subunits of these hormones are identical, however, their beta chains are unique and confer biological specificity. The protein encoded by this gene is the alpha subunit and belongs to the glycoprotein hormones alpha chain family. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]

Protein type: Secreted; Secreted, signal peptide

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 6q12-q21

Cellular Component: extracellular region

Molecular Function: protein binding; hormone activity

Biological Process: cellular protein metabolic process; cell-cell signaling; peptide hormone processing; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; signal transduction; positive regulation of cell migration