Melanocortins

Peptides derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) which can stimulate MELANOCYTES or CORTICOTROPHS. Melanocortins include ACTH; ALPHA-MSH; and other peptides such as BETA-MSH and GAMMA-MSH, derived from other fragments of POMC. These peptides act through a variety of MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS to control different functions including steroidogenesis, energy homeostasis, feeding, and skin pigmentation.

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Melanocortin

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Hormones: 80400
  - Peptide Hormones: 1347
    - Pituitary Hormones: 601
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 187
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 68
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: 1
- Proteins: 484843
  - Nerve Tissue Proteins: 2
    - Neuropeptides: 6772
      - Hypothalamic Hormones: 68
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946
- Peptides: 82426
  - Neuropeptides: 6772
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 68
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946
  - Peptide Hormones: 1347
    - Pituitary Hormones: 601
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 187
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 68
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1936
        Melanocortins: 946

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