GPHA2

GPHA2
Identifiers
Aliases	GPHA2, A2, GPA2, ZSIG51, glycoprotein hormone alpha 2, glycoprotein hormone subunit alpha 2
External IDs	OMIM: 609651; MGI: 2156541; HomoloGene: 15605; GeneCards: GPHA2; OMA:GPHA2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	64,935,893 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (mouse)
End	6,277,798 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	oocyte; ; body of pancreas; ; gonad; ; gallbladder; ; secondary oocyte; ; testicle; ; right testis; ; pituitary gland; ; left testis; ; anterior pituitary;
	Top expressed in
	adrenal gland; ; morula; ; blastocyst; ; embryo; ; zone of skin; ; embryo; ; lip; ; urinary bladder; ; ovary; ; testicle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hormone activity; thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor binding; protein heterodimerization activity; protein binding; hormone receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; intracellular anatomical structure; extracellular space;
Biological process	cell surface receptor signaling pathway; regulation of signaling receptor activity; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; adenylate cyclase-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	170589
	170458
	ENSG00000149735
	ENSMUSG00000024784
	Q96T91
	Q925Q5
	NM_130769
	NM_130453
	NP_570125
	NP_569720
	Wikidata
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Glycoprotein hormone alpha-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPHA2 gene.

GPHA2 is a cystine knot-forming polypeptide and a subunit of the dimeric glycoprotein hormone family (Hsu et al., 2002). (Supplied by OMIM.)