"Pro-Opiomelanocortin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
D011333
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935 D06.472.699.631.525.600 D12.644.400.400.935 D12.644.548.365.935 D12.644.548.691.525.690 D12.776.631.650.405.935 D12.776.811.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Pro-Opiomelanocortin- Pro-Opiomelanocortin
- Pro Opiomelanocortin
- ACTH-Endorphin Precursor
- ACTH Endorphin Precursor
- Endorphin-ACTH Precursor
- Endorphin ACTH Precursor
- Corticotropin-beta-Lipotropin Precursor
- Corticotropin beta Lipotropin Precursor
- POMC
- Proopiomelanocortin
- Pro-Opiocortin
- Pro Opiocortin
- Pro-Opio-Melanocortin
- Pro Opio Melanocortin
- Proopiocortin
- ACTH-beta-Lipotropin Precursor
- ACTH beta Lipotropin Precursor
- Pro-ACTH-Endorphin
- Pro ACTH Endorphin
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pro-Opiomelanocortin" by people in Profiles.
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Cocaine place conditioning increases pro-opiomelanocortin gene expression in rat hypothalamus. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Nov 14; 530(1):59-63.
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Pro-opiomelanocortin gene variation related to alcohol or drug dependence: evidence and replications across family- and population-based studies. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 15; 66(2):128-36.