Luteinizing Hormone, beta Subunit
Synonyms
ICSH, beta Subunit
LH beta
LH, beta Subunit
LH-beta
Luteinizing Hormone, beta Chain
Luteinizing Hormone, beta Polypeptide Chain
Lutropin beta
Lutropin, beta Subunit
Lutropin-beta
The beta subunit of luteinizing hormone. It is a 15-kDa glycopolypeptide with structure similar to the beta subunit of the placental chorionic gonadatropin (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN) except for the additional 31 amino acids at the C-terminal of CG-beta. Full biological activity of LH requires the non-covalently bound heterodimers of an alpha and a beta subunit. Mutation of the LHB gene causes HYPOGONADISM and infertility.