FSHB Human Recombinant Protein

The pituitary glycoprotein hormone family includes follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, chorionic gonadotropin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone. All of these glycoproteins consist of an identical alpha subunit and a hormone-specific beta subunit. This gene encodes the beta subunit of follicle-stimulating hormone. In conjunction with luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone induces egg and sperm production. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

FSHB: Stimulates development of follicle and spermatogenesis in the reproductive organs. Defects in FSHB are a cause of isolated follicle- stimulating hormone deficiency (IFSHD). Selective follicle-stimulating hormone deficiency is an uncommon cause of infertility, producing amenorrhea and hypogonadism in women and oligo or azoospermia with normal testosterone levels in normally virilised men. Belongs to the glycoprotein hormones subunit beta family.

Protein type: Secreted; Secreted, signal peptide

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 11p13

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; extracellular region

Molecular Function: follicle-stimulating hormone activity; protein binding; hormone activity

Biological Process: progesterone biosynthetic process; follicle-stimulating hormone signaling pathway; peptide hormone processing; female gamete generation; Sertoli cell proliferation; female pregnancy; signal transduction; regulation of osteoclast differentiation; cellular protein metabolic process; transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of bone resorption; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of cell migration

Disease: Follicle-stimulating Hormone Deficiency, Isolated