Protein Name luteinizing hormone beta
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 16866
Gene Symbol

Lhb

UniProt G3X9G6 (G3X9G6_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 40
Total Number of Articles : 46
Description

luteinizing hormone beta

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable hormone activity. Acts upstream of or within luteinizing hormone signaling pathway involved in ovarian follicle development. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; and heart. 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, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • lutropin subunit beta
  • leutropin
  • luteinizing hormone subunit beta
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Properties