choriogonadotropin subunit beta variant 2 (CGB2)

Structure

• belongs to the glycoprotein hormones subunit beta family
• does not have any homology with the functional beta-subunit this change has been caused by an inserted DNA fragment within the 5'-UTR of CGB2 providing a novel exon 1 as well as a 1 bp shifted ORF for exons 2 & 3

Compartment

secreted

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

expressed in placenta, testis & pituitary

More general terms

• secreted protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608824
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6NT52.html