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GPHA2 - glycoprotein hormone subunit alpha 2 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as A2; GPA2; ZSIG51

Gene ID: 170589 | Gene type: protein coding

About GPHA2

Cytogenetic location: 11q13.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 11:64,934,471-64,937,708 (from NCBI)

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants) and 181 orthologues. Biased expression in pancreas (RPKM 14.6), testis (RPKM 3.2) and 2 other tissues.

Summary

GPHA2 is a cystine knot-forming polypeptide and a subunit of the dimeric glycoprotein hormone family (Hsu et al., 2002 [PubMed 12089349]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

GPHA2 Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_130769.4 NP_570125.1 glycoprotein hormone alpha-2 precursor
Gene Ontology
  • Molecular Function
  • Biological Process
  • Cellular Component
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
enables protein binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
12045258 GOA
enables protein heterodimerization activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12045258 GOA
enables thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor binding IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12045258 GOA
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
involved in adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12045258 GOA
involved in cell surface receptor signaling pathway IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12045258 GOA
Cellular Component GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
located in extracellular region IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12089349 GOA
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

glycoprotein hormone alpha-2

cysteine knot protein

Recombinant GPHA2 Proteins

Cat. No. Product Name Accession Purity
HY-P76958 GPHA2 Protein, Human (HEK293, His) Q96T91 (Q24-Y129) ≥95%
HY-P76959 GPHA2 Protein, Human (HEK293, Fc) Q96T91 (Q24-Y129) ≥95%

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Salt And Pepper Syndrome

Salt & Pepper Syndrome

Salt-And-Pepper Syndrome

Voyeurism
Norrie Disease

Atrophia Bulborum Hereditaria

Episkopi Blindness

Pseudoglioma

ND

Norrie-Warburg Disease

Anderson-Warburg Syndrome

Fetal Iritis Syndrome

Norrie Syndrome

Norrie-Warburg Syndrome

Ndp

Congenital Progressive Oculo-Acoustico-Cerebral Degeneration

Norrie'S Disease

Oligophrenia Microphthalmus

Pseudoglioma Congenita

Whitnall-Norman Syndrome

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Bos taurus GPHA2 VGNC VGNC:29533
Macaca mulatta GPHA2 VGNC VGNC:72961
Felis catus GPHA2 VGNC VGNC:62664
Rattus norvegicus GPHA2 RGD RGD:621748
Mus musculus GPHA2 MGD MGI:2156541
Others GPHA2 NCBI