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PCSK1 Variants and Human Obesity.
Progress in molecular biology and translational science - 1 Jan 2016
Ramos-Molina B, Martin M G, Lindberg I
Abstract excerpt
PCSK1, encoding prohormone convertase 1/3 (PC1/3), was one of the first genes linked to monogenic early-onset obesity. PC1/3 is a protease involved in the biosynthetic processing of a variety of neuropeptides and prohormones in endocrine tissues. PC1/3 activity is essential for the activating cleavage of many peptide hormone precursors implicated in the regulation of food ingestion, glucose homeostasis, and...
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