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Severe early-onset obesity, adrenal insufficiency and red hair pigmentation caused by POMC mutations in humans.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 1998
Krude H, Biebermann H, Luck W, Horn R, Brabant G, Grüters A
Abstract excerpt
Sequential cleavage of the precursor protein pre-pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) generates the melanocortin peptides adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH), melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSH) alpha, beta and gamma as well as the opioid-receptor ligand beta-endorphin. While a few cases of isolated ACTH defici...
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