Recombinant Human Inhibin beta A chain (INHBA)

Uniprot Id

P08476

Target Species

Human

Target Name

INHBA

Target Full Name

Inhibin beta A chain

Target Function

Inhibins and activins inhibit and activate, respectively, the secretion of follitropin by the pituitary gland. Inhibins/activins are involved in regulating a number of diverse functions such as hypothalamic and pituitary hormone secretion, gonadal hormone secretion, germ cell development and maturation, erythroid differentiation, insulin secretion, nerve cell survival, embryonic axial development or bone growth, depending on their subunit composition. Inhibins appear to oppose the functions of activins.

Target Subcellular Location

Secreted.

Target Protein Families

TGF-beta family

Target Research Area

Signal Transduction

Target Synonyms

Activin beta-A chain; EDF; Erythroid differentiation factor; Erythroid differentiation protein; Follicle stimulating hormone releasing protein; FRP; FSH releasing protein; INHBA; INHBA_HUMAN; Inhibin beta A chain; Inhibin beta A subunit; Inhibin, beta 1; Inhibin, beta A (activin A, activin AB alpha polypeptide)

Target Background

This gene encodes a member of the TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily of proteins. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate a subunit of the dimeric activin and inhibin protein complexes. These complexes activate and inhibit, respectively, follicle stimulating hormone secretion from the pituitary gland. The encoded protein also plays a role in eye, tooth and testis development. Elevated expression of this gene may be associated with cancer cachexia in human patients.