MeSH definition : A 30-kDa protein synthesized primarily in the ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND and the HYPOTHALAMUS.
It is also found in the skin and other peripheral tissues. Depending on species and
tissues, POMC is cleaved by PROHORMONE CONVERTASES yielding various active peptides
including ACTH; BETA-LIPOTROPIN; ENDORPHINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; and
others (GAMMA-LPH; CORTICOTROPIN-LIKE INTERMEDIATE LOBE PEPTIDE; N-terminal peptide
of POMC or NPP).;
A 30-kDa protein synthesized primarily in the ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND and the HYPOTHALAMUS.
It is also found in the skin and other peripheral tissues. Depending on species and
tissues, POMC is cleaved by PROHORMONE CONVERTASES yielding various active peptides
including ACTH; BETA-LIPOTROPIN; ENDORPHINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; and
others (GAMMA-LPH; CORTICOTROPIN-LIKE INTERMEDIATE LOBE PEPTIDE; N-terminal peptide
of POMC or NPP).
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