pro-opiomelanocortin

pro-opiomelanocortin
(POMC) pro-opio·mel·a·no·cor·tin (POMC) (pro-o″pe-o-mel″ə-no-korґtin) [pro- + endogenous opioids + melanocyte stimulating hormone + corticotropin + -in] the 31,000 dalton prohormone that is the precursor of corticotropin, the lipotropins, the melanocyte-stimulating hormones, and the endorphins, all of which are produced by posttranslational proteolytic cleavage in cell types that produce these hormones.

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