CGB2 (gene)

CGB2
Identifiers
Aliases	CGB2, chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit 2, chorionic gonadotropin subunit beta 2
External IDs	OMIM: 608824; MGI: 96782; HomoloGene: 137643; GeneCards: CGB2; OMA:CGB2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	49,033,238 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	putamen; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; placenta; ; caudate nucleus; ; hippocampus proper; ; hypothalamus; ; nucleus accumbens; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; pituitary gland; ; skin of abdomen;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hormone activity;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space; cytoplasm;
Biological process	G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; cell-cell signaling; hormone-mediated signaling pathway; ovulation; regulation of signaling receptor activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	114336
	16866
	ENSG00000104818
	ENSMUSG00000100916
	Q6NT52
	O09108
	NM_033378; NM_001319065
	NM_008497
	NP_001305994; NP_203696
	NP_032523
	Wikidata
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Choriogonadotropin subunit beta variant 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CGB2 gene.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000104818 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Policastro P, Ovitt CE, Hoshina M, Fukuoka H, Boothby MR, Boime I (Nov 1983). "The beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin is encoded by multiple genes". J Biol Chem. 258 (19): 11492–9. PMID 6194155.
^ "Entrez Gene: CGB2 chorionic gonadotropin, beta polypeptide 2".

Human CGB2 genome location and CGB2 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.