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: 82104
  - Peptide Hormones: 1361
    - Pituitary Hormones: 610
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 189
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: 1
- Proteins: 496323
  - Nerve Tissue Proteins: 3
    - Neuropeptides: 6903
      - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
- Peptides: 84029
  - Neuropeptides: 6903
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
  - Peptide Hormones: 1361
    - Pituitary Hormones: 610
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 189
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967

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