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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Hypothalamic Hormones > Pro-Opiomelanocortin

Preferred term

Pro-Opiomelanocortin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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).

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • 66796-54-1
  • 76775-14-9
  • 78321-08-1
  • ACTH-beta-Lipotropin Precursor
  • ACTH-Endorphin Precursor
  • Corticotropin-beta-Lipotropin Precursor
  • Endorphin-ACTH Precursor
  • Opiomelanocortin, pro-
  • POMC
  • Pro-ACTH-Endorphin
  • Pro-Opiocortin
  • Proopiocortin
  • Pro-Opio-Melanocortin
  • Proopiomelanocortin

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In other languages

  • Pro-opiomélanocortine

    French

  • 66796-54-1
  • 76775-14-9
  • 78321-08-1
  • Opiomelanocortin, pro-
  • POMC
  • Pro-opio-mélanocortine
  • Pro-opiocortine
  • Proopiocortine
  • Proopiomélanocortine

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N10G7KH2-6

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