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TSHB

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
7252

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000134200

Aliases
  
TSHB, TSH-B, TSH-BETA, thyroid stimulating hormone beta, Thyroid stimulating hormone, beta

External IDs
  
MGI: 98848 HomoloGene: 463 GeneCards: TSHB

Thyroid stimulating hormone, beta also known as TSHB is a protein which in humans is encoded by the TSHB gene.

Function

Thyrotropin-stimulating hormone (TSH) is a noncovalently linked glycoprotein heterodimer and is part of a family of pituitary hormones containing a common alpha subunit (TSHA) and a unique beta subunit (this protein) that confers specificity.

References

TSHB Wikipedia