| POMC |
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| Identifiers |
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| Aliases | POMC, POC, proopiomelanocortin, OBAIRH, LPH, CLIP, ACTH, NPP, MSH |
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| External IDs | OMIM: 176830; MGI: 97742; HomoloGene: 723; GeneCards: POMC; OMA:POMC - orthologs |
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| Gene location (Mouse) |
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| | Chr. | Chromosome 12 (mouse) |
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| | Band | 12 A1.1|12 1.99 cM | Start | 4,004,951 bp |
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| End | 4,010,642 bp |
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| Wikidata |
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Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. POMC is synthesized in corticotrophs of the anterior pituitary from the 267-amino-acid-long polypeptide precursor pre-pro-opiomelanocortin (pre-POMC), by the removal of a 26-amino-acid-long signal peptide sequence during translation. POMC is part of the central melanocortin system.