Thyrotropin, beta Subunit

TSH, beta Chain; TSH-beta; TSHB Gene Product; Thyrotropin, beta Chain; Thyrotropin, beta Polypeptide Chain; Thyrotropin-beta; TSH beta; Thyrotropin beta
The beta subunit of thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotropin. It is a 112-amino acid glycopolypeptide of about 16 kD. Full biological activity of TSH requires the non-covalently bound heterodimers of an alpha and a beta subunit.