Proopiomelanocortin
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. POMC is synthesized in corticotrophs of the anterior pituitary from the 267-amino-acid-long polypeptide precursor pre-pro-opiomelanocortin (pre-POMC), by the removal of a 26-amino-acid-long signal peptide sequence during translation.[5] POMC is part of the central melanocortin system.
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