Protein Domain : IPR002131

Type:  Family Name:  Glycoprotein hormone receptor family
Description:  Glycoprotein hormones (or gonadotropins) are protein hormones, that includes the mammalian hormones follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH, also known as follitropin), luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as lutropin), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH, also known as thyrotropin) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). These hormones are central to the complex endocrine system that regulates normal growth, sexual development, and reproductive function []. The hormones FSH, LH and TSH are secreted by the anterior pituitary gland [, ], while the choriogonadotropins are secreted by the placenta []. Glycoprotein hormone receptors are members the rhodopsin-like G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family. They function as receptors for the pituitary hormones thyrotropin (TSH receptor), follitropin (FSH receptor) and lutropin (LH receptor). In mammals the LH receptor is also the receptor for the placental hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), so is denominated as a lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor (LHCG receptor). The receptors share close sequence similarity, and are characterised by large extracellular domains believed to be involved in hormone binding via leucine-rich repeats (LRR) []. Modelling of this portion of the receptors suggests that they contain three-dimensional structures similar to that of porcine ribonuclease inhibitor [].This entry represents the glycoprotein hormone receptor family, which includes the follicle stimulating hormone receptor, lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor and the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor. Short Name:  Gphrmn_rcpt_fam

3 Child Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR002272 Family Follicle stimulating hormone receptor
IPR002273 Family Lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor
IPR002274 Family Thyrotropin receptor

0 Contains

2 Cross Referencess

Identifier
PTHR24372
PR00373

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0016500 IPR002131
GO:0007186 IPR002131
GO:0016021 IPR002131

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0016500 IPR002131
GO:0007186 IPR002131
GO:0016021 IPR002131

1 Parent Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR000276 Family G protein-coupled receptor, rhodopsin-like

0 Proteins

5 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            6267989
            1445230
            6177696
            8747461
            19171054