Protein Name luteinizing hormone subunit beta
Organism Danio rerio
Gene ID 402917
Gene Symbol

lhb

UniProt Q6TCF5 (Q6TCF5_DANRE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 17
Total Number of Articles : 19
Description

luteinizing hormone subunit beta

Gene Summary

Enables hormone activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including female gonad development; oocyte maturation; and ovulation. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including endocrine system; female organism; kidney; liver; and male organism. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism 23 with or without anosmia. Orthologous to several human genes including LHB (luteinizing hormone subunit beta). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • lutropin subunit beta
  • Gth II
  • LH beta 2
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Properties