Slootstra J W, Roubos E W
Department of Histology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1991 Aug 30;179(1):266-71. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)91364-i.
The sequences of two receptor binding regions of the beta-subunit of the human follicle-stimulating hormone (hFSH-beta) were compared with the DNA-derived antisense peptide sequence of the hFSH receptor. A striking sense-antisense similarity was established between these receptor binding regions and the hFSH receptor. Based on this sense-antisense similarity four putative hormone binding regions on the N-terminal extracellular region of the hFSH receptor are identified.