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Facts about Follitropin subunit beta.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FSHB |
| Uniprot: | P01225 |
| Entrez: | 2488 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| glycoprotein hormones subunit beta family |

follicle stimulating hormone, beta polypeptide; Follicle-stimulating hormone beta subunit; Follitropin beta chain; follitropin subunit beta; Follitropin; follitropin, beta chain; FSH beta; FSHB; FSH-B; FSH-beta
Mass (kDA):
14.7 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11p14.1 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (30231014..30235277) |
Secreted. Efficient secretion requires dimerization with CGA.






PMID: 2885163 by Watkins P.C., et al. DNA sequence and regional assignment of the human follicle- stimulating hormone beta-subunit gene to the short arm of human chromosome 11.
PMID: 2494176 by Keene J.L., et al. Expression of biologically active human follitropin in Chinese hamster ovary cells.