CRHBP

CRHBP

CRHBP

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRHBP gene.[5][6] It belongs to corticotropin-releasing hormone binding protein family.

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Corticotropin-releasing hormone is a potent stimulator of synthesis and secretion of preopiomelanocortin-derived peptides. Although CRH concentrations in the human peripheral circulation are normally low, they increase throughout pregnancy and fall rapidly after parturition. Maternal plasma CRH probably originates from the placenta. Human plasma contains a CRH-binding protein which inactivates CRH and which may prevent inappropriate pituitary-adrenal stimulation in pregnancy.[6]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Behan DP, Potter E, Lewis KA, Jenkins NA, Copeland N, Lowry PJ, Vale WW (Jun 1993). "Cloning and structure of the human corticotrophin releasing factor-binding protein gene (CRHBP)". Genomics. 16 (1): 63–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1141. PMID 8198617.

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