Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
170589
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Glycoprotein hormone subunit alpha 2
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
GPHA2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
A2, GPA2, ZSIG51
Chromosome Chromosome number
11
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
11q13.1
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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]
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT649023 hsa-miR-125a-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT649022 hsa-miR-764 HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT649021 hsa-miR-3934-5p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT649019 hsa-miR-6887-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT649020 hsa-miR-6795-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005179 Function Hormone activity IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 12045258
GO:0005576 Component Extracellular region IDA 12089349
GO:0005576 Component Extracellular region IEA
GO:0005576 Component Extracellular region TAS
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609651 18054 ENSG00000149735
Protein
UniProt ID Q96T91
Protein name Glycoprotein hormone alpha-2 (Putative secreted protein Zsig51) (Thyrostimulin subunit alpha)
Protein function Functions as a heterodimeric glycoprotein hormone with GPHB5 able to bind and activate the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR), leading to increased cAMP production (PubMed:12045258). Plays a central role in controlling thyroid cell meta
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF03045 DAN 16 124 DAN domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Found in a variety of tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12089349}.
Sequence
Sequence length 129
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  cAMP signaling pathway
Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction
  Hormone ligand-binding receptors
G alpha (s) signalling events
ADORA2B mediated anti-inflammatory cytokines production
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