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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Thyrotropin > Thyrotropin, beta Subunit
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Thyrotropin > Thyrotropin, beta Subunit

Preferred term

Thyrotropin, beta Subunit  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The beta subunit of thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotropin. It is a 112-amino acid glycopolypeptide of about 16 kD. Full biological activity of TSH requires the non-covalently bound heterodimers of an alpha and a beta subunit.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit
  • Thyrotropin-beta
  • Thyrotropin, beta Chain
  • Thyrotropin, beta Polypeptide Chain
  • TSH-beta
  • TSH, beta Chain
  • TSH, beta Subunit
  • TSHB Gene Product

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Sous-unité bêta de la thyrotropine

    French

  • bêta-TSH
  • Chaine bêta de la thyrotropine
  • Chaine polypeptidique bêta de la thyrotropine
  • Sous-unité beta de la thyrotropine
  • Sous-unité bêta de la TSH
  • Thyrotropine bêta
  • TSH-bêta

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