β-lipotropin

β-lipotropin
a 91-amino acid polypeptide prohormone that exerts a mild lipolytic action and promotes darkening of the skin by stimulation of melanocytes; it is the precursor molecule of endorphins and melanocyte-stimulating hormones.

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