ID A0A0D9SGA7_HUMAN Unreviewed; 101 AA. AC A0A0D9SGA7; DT 27-MAY-2015, integrated into UniProtKB/TrEMBL. DT 27-MAY-2015, sequence version 1. DT 07-NOV-2018, entry version 28. DE RecName: Full=Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}; GN Name=CGA {ECO:0000313|EMBL:EAW48612.1, GN ECO:0000313|Ensembl:ENSP00000487300}; GN ORFNames=hCG_33165 {ECO:0000313|EMBL:EAW48612.1}; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; OC Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606 {ECO:0000313|Ensembl:ENSP00000487300, ECO:0000313|Proteomes:UP000005640}; RN [1] {ECO:0000313|EMBL:EAW48612.1} RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE. RX PubMed=11181995; DOI=10.1126/science.1058040; RA Venter J.C., Adams M.D., Myers E.W., Li P.W., Mural R.J., Sutton G.G., RA Smith H.O., Yandell M., Evans C.A., Holt R.A., Gocayne J.D., RA Amanatides P., Ballew R.M., Huson D.H., Wortman J.R., Zhang Q., RA Kodira C.D., Zheng X.H., Chen L., Skupski M., Subramanian G., RA Thomas P.D., Zhang J., Gabor Miklos G.L., Nelson C., Broder S., RA Clark A.G., Nadeau J., McKusick V.A., Zinder N., Levine A.J., RA Roberts R.J., Simon M., Slayman C., Hunkapiller M., Bolanos R., RA Delcher A., Dew I., Fasulo D., Flanigan M., Florea L., Halpern A., RA Hannenhalli S., Kravitz S., Levy S., Mobarry C., Reinert K., RA Remington K., Abu-Threideh J., Beasley E., Biddick K., Bonazzi V., RA Brandon R., Cargill M., Chandramouliswaran I., Charlab R., RA Chaturvedi K., Deng Z., Di Francesco V., Dunn P., Eilbeck K., RA Evangelista C., Gabrielian A.E., Gan W., Ge W., Gong F., Gu Z., RA Guan P., Heiman T.J., Higgins M.E., Ji R.R., Ke Z., Ketchum K.A., RA Lai Z., Lei Y., Li Z., Li J., Liang Y., Lin X., Lu F., Merkulov G.V., RA Milshina N., Moore H.M., Naik A.K., Narayan V.A., Neelam B., RA Nusskern D., Rusch D.B., Salzberg S., Shao W., Shue B., Sun J., RA Wang Z., Wang A., Wang X., Wang J., Wei M., Wides R., Xiao C., Yan C., RA Yao A., Ye J., Zhan M., Zhang W., Zhang H., Zhao Q., Zheng L., RA Zhong F., Zhong W., Zhu S., Zhao S., Gilbert D., Baumhueter S., RA Spier G., Carter C., Cravchik A., Woodage T., Ali F., An H., Awe A., RA Baldwin D., Baden H., Barnstead M., Barrow I., Beeson K., Busam D., RA Carver A., Center A., Cheng M.L., Curry L., Danaher S., Davenport L., RA Desilets R., Dietz S., Dodson K., Doup L., Ferriera S., Garg N., RA Gluecksmann A., Hart B., Haynes J., Haynes C., Heiner C., Hladun S., RA Hostin D., Houck J., Howland T., Ibegwam C., Johnson J., Kalush F., RA Kline L., Koduru S., Love A., Mann F., May D., McCawley S., RA McIntosh T., McMullen I., Moy M., Moy L., Murphy B., Nelson K., RA Pfannkoch C., Pratts E., Puri V., Qureshi H., Reardon M., RA Rodriguez R., Rogers Y.H., Romblad D., Ruhfel B., Scott R., Sitter C., RA Smallwood M., Stewart E., Strong R., Suh E., Thomas R., Tint N.N., RA Tse S., Vech C., Wang G., Wetter J., Williams S., Williams M., RA Windsor S., Winn-Deen E., Wolfe K., Zaveri J., Zaveri K., Abril J.F., RA Guigo R., Campbell M.J., Sjolander K.V., Karlak B., Kejariwal A., RA Mi H., Lazareva B., Hatton T., Narechania A., Diemer K., RA Muruganujan A., Guo N., Sato S., Bafna V., Istrail S., Lippert R., RA Schwartz R., Walenz B., Yooseph S., Allen D., Basu A., Baxendale J., RA Blick L., Caminha M., Carnes-Stine J., Caulk P., Chiang Y.H., RA Coyne M., Dahlke C., Mays A., Dombroski M., Donnelly M., Ely D., RA Esparham S., Fosler C., Gire H., Glanowski S., Glasser K., Glodek A., RA Gorokhov M., Graham K., Gropman B., Harris M., Heil J., Henderson S., RA Hoover J., Jennings D., Jordan C., Jordan J., Kasha J., Kagan L., RA Kraft C., Levitsky A., Lewis M., Liu X., Lopez J., Ma D., Majoros W., RA McDaniel J., Murphy S., Newman M., Nguyen T., Nguyen N., Nodell M., RA Pan S., Peck J., Peterson M., Rowe W., Sanders R., Scott J., RA Simpson M., Smith T., Sprague A., Stockwell T., Turner R., Venter E., RA Wang M., Wen M., Wu D., Wu M., Xia A., Zandieh A., Zhu X.; RT "The sequence of the human genome."; RL Science 291:1304-1351(2001). RN [2] {ECO:0000313|Ensembl:ENSP00000487300, ECO:0000313|Proteomes:UP000005640} RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RX PubMed=14574404; DOI=10.1038/nature02055; RA Mungall A.J., Palmer S.A., Sims S.K., Edwards C.A., Ashurst J.L., RA Wilming L., Jones M.C., Horton R., Hunt S.E., Scott C.E., RA Gilbert J.G.R., Clamp M.E., Bethel G., Milne S., Ainscough R., RA Almeida J.P., Ambrose K.D., Andrews T.D., Ashwell R.I.S., RA Babbage A.K., Bagguley C.L., Bailey J., Banerjee R., Barker D.J., RA Barlow K.F., Bates K., Beare D.M., Beasley H., Beasley O., Bird C.P., RA Blakey S.E., Bray-Allen S., Brook J., Brown A.J., Brown J.Y., RA Burford D.C., Burrill W., Burton J., Carder C., Carter N.P., RA Chapman J.C., Clark S.Y., Clark G., Clee C.M., Clegg S., Cobley V., RA Collier R.E., Collins J.E., Colman L.K., Corby N.R., Coville G.J., RA Culley K.M., Dhami P., Davies J., Dunn M., Earthrowl M.E., RA Ellington A.E., Evans K.A., Faulkner L., Francis M.D., Frankish A., RA Frankland J., French L., Garner P., Garnett J., Ghori M.J., RA Gilby L.M., Gillson C.J., Glithero R.J., Grafham D.V., Grant M., RA Gribble S., Griffiths C., Griffiths M.N.D., Hall R., Halls K.S., RA Hammond S., Harley J.L., Hart E.A., Heath P.D., Heathcott R., RA Holmes S.J., Howden P.J., Howe K.L., Howell G.R., Huckle E., RA Humphray S.J., Humphries M.D., Hunt A.R., Johnson C.M., Joy A.A., RA Kay M., Keenan S.J., Kimberley A.M., King A., Laird G.K., Langford C., RA Lawlor S., Leongamornlert D.A., Leversha M., Lloyd C.R., Lloyd D.M., RA Loveland J.E., Lovell J., Martin S., Mashreghi-Mohammadi M., RA Maslen G.L., Matthews L., McCann O.T., McLaren S.J., McLay K., RA McMurray A., Moore M.J.F., Mullikin J.C., Niblett D., Nickerson T., RA Novik K.L., Oliver K., Overton-Larty E.K., Parker A., Patel R., RA Pearce A.V., Peck A.I., Phillimore B.J.C.T., Phillips S., Plumb R.W., RA Porter K.M., Ramsey Y., Ranby S.A., Rice C.M., Ross M.T., Searle S.M., RA Sehra H.K., Sheridan E., Skuce C.D., Smith S., Smith M., Spraggon L., RA Squares S.L., Steward C.A., Sycamore N., Tamlyn-Hall G., Tester J., RA Theaker A.J., Thomas D.W., Thorpe A., Tracey A., Tromans A., Tubby B., RA Wall M., Wallis J.M., West A.P., White S.S., Whitehead S.L., RA Whittaker H., Wild A., Willey D.J., Wilmer T.E., Wood J.M., Wray P.W., RA Wyatt J.C., Young L., Younger R.M., Bentley D.R., Coulson A., RA Durbin R., Hubbard T., Sulston J.E., Dunham I., Rogers J., Beck S.; RT "The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6."; RL Nature 425:805-811(2003). RN [3] {ECO:0000313|EMBL:EAW48612.1} RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE. RA Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., RA Mobarry C.M., Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., RA Flanigan M.J., Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., RA Hannenhalli S., Turner R., Yooseph S., Lu F., Nusskern D.R., RA Shue B.C., Zheng X.H., Zhong F., Delcher A.L., Huson D.H., RA Kravitz S.A., Mouchard L., Reinert K., Remington K.A., Clark A.G., RA Waterman M.S., Eichler E.E., Adams M.D., Hunkapiller M.W., Myers E.W., RA Venter J.C.; RL Submitted (SEP-2005) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [4] {ECO:0000313|Ensembl:ENSP00000487300} RP IDENTIFICATION. RG Ensembl; RL Submitted (APR-2015) to UniProtKB. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Heterodimer. The active hormones thyrotropin, lutropin CC and follitropin are heterodimers composed of CGA, a common alpha CC chain described here and a unique beta chain which confers their CC biological specificity to the hormones: TSHB for thyrotropin, LHB CC for lutropin and FSHB for follitropin. CC {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129, CC ECO:0000256|SAAS:SAAS00521609}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the glycoprotein hormones subunit alpha CC family. {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129, CC ECO:0000256|SAAS:SAAS00594029}. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AL138827; -; NOT_ANNOTATED_CDS; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; CH471051; EAW48612.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR UniGene; Hs.119689; -. DR Ensembl; ENST00000630630; ENSP00000487300; ENSG00000135346. DR EuPathDB; HostDB:ENSG00000135346.8; -. DR HGNC; HGNC:1885; CGA. DR OpenTargets; ENSG00000135346; -. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00390000012242; -. DR OMA; DGEFTMQ; -. DR ChiTaRS; CGA; human. DR Proteomes; UP000005640; Chromosome 6. DR Bgee; ENSG00000135346; Expressed in 91 organ(s), highest expression level in placenta. DR ExpressionAtlas; A0A0D9SGA7; baseline and differential. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0005179; F:hormone activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR Gene3D; 2.10.90.10; -; 1. DR InterPro; IPR029034; Cystine-knot_cytokine. DR InterPro; IPR000476; Glyco_hormone. DR PANTHER; PTHR11509; PTHR11509; 1. DR Pfam; PF00236; Hormone_6; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00274; GLYCOHORMONE. DR SMART; SM00067; GHA; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF57501; SSF57501; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00779; GLYCO_HORMONE_ALPHA_1; 1. DR PROSITE; PS50277; GLYCO_HORMONE_ALPHA_3; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Complete proteome {ECO:0000313|Proteomes:UP000005640}; KW Disulfide bond {ECO:0000256|SAAS:SAAS00521605}; KW Glycoprotein {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}; KW Hormone {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129, KW ECO:0000256|SAAS:SAAS00135161}; KW Proteomics identification {ECO:0000213|MaxQB:A0A0D9SGA7, KW ECO:0000213|PeptideAtlas:A0A0D9SGA7}; KW Reference proteome {ECO:0000313|Proteomes:UP000005640}; KW Secreted {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129, KW ECO:0000256|SAAS:SAAS00521604}; KW Signal {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}. FT SIGNAL 1 24 {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}. FT CHAIN 25 101 Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain. FT {ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU362129}. FT /FTId=PRO_5014483771. SQ SEQUENCE 101 AA; 11421 MW; 2CBEA2EC6CCF6E0A CRC64; MDYYRKYAAI FLVTLSVFLH VLHSAPDVQD CPECTLQENP FFSQPGAPIL QCMGCCFSRA YPTPLRSKKT MLVQKNVTSE STCCVAKSYN RVRTSRSPEA F //