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    brainstem Melanocytes in the skin[citation needed] The levels of proopiomelanocortin (pomc) are regulated indirectly in some animals by the photoperiod...
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  • various forms of MSH are generated from different cleavages of the proopiomelanocortin protein, which also yields other important neuropeptides like adrenocorticotropic...
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  • precursor propeptide: all endorphins are synthesized from the precursor proopiomelanocortin (POMC), encoded by proenkephalin A, and dynorphins encoded by pre-dynorphin...
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  • developmental delay (OBHD) Pick's disease Prader–Willi syndrome Proopiomelanocortin deficiency Schaaf-yang syndrome Diabetes mellitus causes a disruption...
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    indicated above, ACTH is a cleavage product of the pro-hormone, proopiomelanocortin (POMC), which also produces other hormones including α-MSH that stimulates...
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  • of proopiomelanocortin (NPP; N-POMC), also known as pro-γ-MSH, is a naturally occurring, endogenous metabolite of the polypeptide proopiomelanocortin (POMC)...
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    types of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), and is produced from proopiomelanocortin (POMC). It is an agonist of the MC1, MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors...
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  • protein is often prefixed by pro-. Examples include proinsulin and proopiomelanocortin, which are both prohormones. Protein precursors are often used by...
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    including the MSH and ACTH peptides that are produced from the precursor proopiomelanocortin. Vitiligo is a skin disease where people lack melanin in certain...
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  • deficiency Leptin receptor deficiency Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) Proopiomelanocortin (POMC Prohormone convertase 1/3 (PC1/3) SIM1 BDNF NTRK2 Ranadive...
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    YY) APP (Avian Pancreatic Polypeptide) PPY Pancreatic PolYpeptide Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) peptides Enkephalin pentapeptides Prodynorphin peptides Calcitonin...
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  • product from ACTH (1-13), which is in turn a cleavage product of proopiomelanocortin (POMC). A few synthetic analogues of α-MSH have been investigated...
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    hypothalamic somatostatin. Corticotropes: Cleaved from the precursor proopiomelanocortin protein, and include adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and beta-endorphin...
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  • prohormone converting enzyme, pro-opiomelanocortin-converting enzyme, proopiomelanocortin proteinase, PCE) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following...
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    coded for by both the enkephalin gene and the dynorphin gene. The proopiomelanocortin gene (POMC) also contains the met-enkephalin sequence on the N-terminus...
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    adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which in turn is a cleavage product of proopiomelanocortin (POMC). Its physiological role has been investigated in various tissues...
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    species). Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor ACTH Glucocorticoids Proopiomelanocortin Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Cushing's syndrome Addison's...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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    some cases may be partly due to the absence of part or all of the proopiomelanocortin gene. The Labrador is an exceptionally popular dog. As of 2006, it...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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    a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, and it activates proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the hypothalamus which give an effect downstream...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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    production, because MSH production is a byproduct of ACTH synthesis from proopiomelanocortin (POMC). Acanthosis nigricans—hyperpigmentation of intertriginous...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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  • primary production N-Phenethyl-4-piperidinone N-Terminal peptide of proopiomelanocortin Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase Nandrolone Phenylproprionate...
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  • types of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), and is produced from proopiomelanocortin (POMC). It is an agonist of the MC1, MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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  • derived from post-transcriptional processing of the precursor molecule proopiomelanocortin (POMC) (Figure 1). They are Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), a-melanocyte...
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    β-Lipotropin (proendorphin) Prodynorphin Proenkephalin Pronociceptin Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Others: Kyotorphin (met-enkephalin releaser/degradation stabilizer)...
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    encoded by the PCSK1 gene. PCSK1 and PCSK2 differentially cleave proopiomelanocortin and they act together to process proinsulin and proglucagon in pancreatic...
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