| pro-opiomelanocortin | |||||||
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| 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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The melanocyte-stimulating hormones, known collectively as MSH, also known as melanotropins or intermedins, are a family of peptide hormones and neuropeptides consisting of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), β-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (β-MSH), and γ-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (γ-MSH) that are produced by cells in the pars intermedia of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Synthetic analogues of α-MSH, such as afamelanotide (melanotan I; Scenesse), melanotan II, and bremelanotide (PT-141), have been developed and researched.