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MGP001629

Record overview

MGPD IDMGP001629
Gene ID3624
SpeciesHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Nameinhibin, beta A
Gene Symbol INHBA
SynonymsEDF; FRP;
Alternate namesinhibin beta A chain; FSH-releasing protein; Inhibin, beta-1; activin beta-A chain; erythroid differentiation factor; erythroid differentiation protein; follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing protein; inhibin, beta A (activin A, activin AB alpha polypeptide);
Chromosome7
Map Location7p15-p13
SummaryThe inhibin beta A subunit joins the alpha subunit to form a pituitary FSH secretion inhibitor. Inhibin has been shown to regulate gonadal stromal cell proliferation negatively and to have tumor-suppressor activity. In addition, serum levels of inhibin have been shown to reflect the size of granulosa-cell tumors and can therefore be used as a marker for primary as well as recurrent disease. Because expression in gonadal and various extragonadal tissues may vary severalfold in a tissue-specific fashion, it is proposed that inhibin may be both a growth/differentiation factor and a hormone. Furthermore, the beta A subunit forms a homodimer, activin A, and also joins with a beta B subunit to form a heterodimer, activin AB, both of which stimulate FSH secretion. Finally, it has been shown that the beta A subunit mRNA is identical to the erythroid differentiation factor subunit mRNA and that only one gene for this mRNA exists in the human genome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
OrthologsView orthologs and multiple alignments for INHBA

Proteins

inhibin beta A chain precursor
Refseq ID:NP_002183
Protein GI:4504699
UniProt ID:P08476
mRNA ID:NM_002192
Length:426
RefSeq Status:
MPLLWLRGFLLASCWIIVRSSPTPGSEGHSAAPDCPSCALAALPKDVPNSQPEMVEAVKKHILNMLHLKKRPDVTQPVPKAALLNAIRKLHVGKVGENGY
VEIEDDIGRRAEMNELMEQTSEIITFAESGTARKTLHFEISKEGSDLSVVERAEVWLFLKVPKANRTRTKVTIRLFQQQKHPQGSLDTGEEAEEVGLKGE
RSELLLSEKVVDARKSTWHVFPVSSSIQRLLDQGKSSLDVRIACEQCQESGASLVLLGKKKKKEEEGEGKKKGGGEGGAGADEEKEQSHRPFLMLQARQS
EDHPHRRRRRGLECDGKVNICCKKQFFVSFKDIGWNDWIIAPSGYHANYCEGECPSHIAGTSGSSLSFHSTVINHYRMRGHSPFANLKSCCVPTKLRPMS
MLYYDDGQNIIKKDIQNMIVEECGCS
 
sig_peptide: 1..28
calculated_mol_wt: 3088
peptide sequence: 
MPLLWLRGFLLASCWIIVRSSPTPGSEG

mat_peptide: 29..426
product: inhibin beta A chain
calculated_mol_wt: 44373
peptide sequence: 
HSAAPDCPSCALAALPKDVPNSQPEMVEAVKKHILNMLHLKKRPDVTQPVPKAALLNAIRKLHVGKVGENGYVEIEDDIGRRAEMNELMEQTSEIITFAE
SGTARKTLHFEISKEGSDLSVVERAEVWLFLKVPKANRTRTKVTIRLFQQQKHPQGSLDTGEEAEEVGLKGERSELLLSEKVVDARKSTWHVFPVSSSIQ
RLLDQGKSSLDVRIACEQCQESGASLVLLGKKKKKEEEGEGKKKGGGEGGAGADEEKEQSHRPFLMLQARQSEDHPHRRRRRGLECDGKVNICCKKQFFV
SFKDIGWNDWIIAPSGYHANYCEGECPSHIAGTSGSSLSFHSTVINHYRMRGHSPFANLKSCCVPTKLRPMSMLYYDDGQNIIKKDIQNMIVEECGCS
 
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