Lipotropin
Peptide hormone in Homo sapiens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lipotropin is the name for two hormones produced by the cleavage of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC). The anterior pituitary gland produces the pro-hormone POMC, which is then cleaved again to form adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and β-lipotropin (β-LPH).
Quick Facts pro-opiomelanocortin, Identifiers ...
pro-opiomelanocortin | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | POMC | ||||||
NCBI gene | 5443 | ||||||
HGNC | 9201 | ||||||
OMIM | 176830 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_000939 | ||||||
UniProt | P01189 | ||||||
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Locus | Chr. 2 p23 | ||||||
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