Lipotropin

Lipotropin is a polypeptide hormone which is produced by cleavage of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC ). The anterior pituitary produces the prohormone POMC, which was later to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH ) and β - lipotropin ( β - LPH ​​) is cleaved.

β - lipotropin

β - Lipotropin is a 90 amino acid long polypeptide, which is formed from the C-terminus fragment of POMC. It stimulates the melanocytes to produce melanin and may itself be divided into smaller peptides; in humans in the γ - lipotropin, α -MSH, β -MSH, γ -MSH, α -endorphin, β -endorphin, γ - endorphin and met- enkephalin in the.

β - lipotropin also has functions such as lipid mobilizing lipolysis and steroidogenesis.

γ - lipotropin

γ - lipotropin is a peptide fragment of the N-terminus of β - lipotropin. In humans, it consists of 56 amino acids.