Growth hormone 2

GH2
Identifiers
Aliases GH2, GH-V, GHL, GHV, hGH-V, GHB2, Growth hormone 2
External IDs HomoloGene: 128757 GeneCards: GH2
RNA expression pattern


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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2689

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Ensembl

ENSG00000136487

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UniProt

P01242

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_022558
NM_002059
NM_022556
NM_022557

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_002050.1
NP_072050.1
NP_072051.1
NP_072052.1

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Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 63.88 – 63.88 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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Growth hormone variant is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GH2 gene.[2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the somatotropin/prolactin family of hormones, playing 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 are interspersed in the same transcriptional orientation; an arrangement which is thought to have evolved by a series of gene duplications. The five genes share a remarkably high degree of sequence identity. Alternative splicing generates additional isoforms of each of the five growth hormones, leading to further diversity and potential for specialization. As in the case of its pituitary counterpart, growth hormone 1, the predominant isoform of this particular family member shows similar somatogenic activity, with reduced lactogenic activity. Mutations in this gene lead to placental growth hormone/lactogen deficiency.[3]

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