GH2 (growth hormone 2)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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2689 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Growth hormone 2 |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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GH2 |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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GH-V, GHB2, GHL, GHV, hGH-V |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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17 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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17q23.3 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the somatotropin/prolactin family of hormones which play an important role in growth control. The gene, along with four other related genes, is located at the growth hormone locus on chromosome 17 where they |
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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Protein | |||||||||||
UniProt ID | P01242 | ||||||||||
Protein name | Growth hormone variant (GH-V) (Growth hormone 2) (Placenta-specific growth hormone) | ||||||||||
Protein function | Plays an important role in growth control. Its major role in stimulating body growth is to stimulate the liver and other tissues to secrete IGF1. It stimulates both the differentiation and proliferation of myoblasts. It also stimulates amino aci | ||||||||||
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Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in the placenta. | ||||||||||
Sequence |
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Sequence length | 217 | ||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
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