GNRH2

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2
Identifiers
Symbols GNRH2; GnRH-II; LH-RHII
External IDs OMIM602352 GeneCards: GNRH2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 2797 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000125787 n/a
UniProt O43555 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001501.1 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_001492.1 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
3.02 – 3.03 Mb
n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a

Progonadoliberin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GNRH2 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a preproprotein that is cleaved to form a secreted 10 aa peptide hormone. The secreted decapeptide regulates reproduction in females by stimulating the secretion of both luteinizing- and follicle-stimulating hormones. Three transcript variants that encode unique proproteins but the same peptide hormone have been found for this gene.[3]. The peptide belongs to gonadotropin-releasing hormone family.

References

  1. ^ White RB, Eisen JA, Kasten TL, Fernald RD (Feb 1998). "Second gene for gonadotropin-releasing hormone in humans". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95 (1): 305–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.1.305. PMC 18209. PMID 9419371. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=18209. 
  2. ^ Chen A, Ganor Y, Rahimipour S, Ben-Aroya N, Koch Y, Levite M (Nov 2002). "The neuropeptides GnRH-II and GnRH-I are produced by human T cells and trigger laminin receptor gene expression, adhesion, chemotaxis and homing to specific organs". Nat Med 8 (12): 1421–6. doi:10.1038/nm801. PMID 12447356. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: GNRH2 gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2797. 

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