General Information

  • ID:  hor003957
  • Uniprot ID:  P01193
  • Protein name:  Lipotropin gamma
  • Gene name:  pomc
  • Organism:  Mus musculus (Mouse)
  • Family:  POMC family
  • Source:  Animal
  • Expression:  [Beta-endorphin]: In hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), up-regulated by cannabinoids, including the CNR1/CB1R agonist arachidonyl-29-chloroethylamide (ACEA) (at protein level). |ACTH and MSH are produced by the pituitary gland.
  • Disease:  NA
  • Comments:  NA
  • Taxonomy:  Mus (subgenus), Mus (genus), Murinae (subfamily), Muridae (family), Muroidea, Myomorpha (suborder), Rodentia (order), Glires, Euarchontoglires (superorder), Boreoeutheria, Eutheria, Theria, Mammalia (class), Amniota, Tetrapoda, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Sarcopterygii (superclass), Euteleostomi, Teleostomi, Gnathostomata, Vertebrata, Craniata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Deuterostomia, Bilateria, Eumetazoa, Metazoa (kingdom), Opisthokonta, Eukaryota (superkingdom), cellular organisms
  • GO MF:  GO:0001664 G protein-coupled receptor binding; GO:0005102 signaling receptor binding; GO:0005179 hormone activity; GO:0005515 protein binding; GO:0031781 type 3 melanocortin receptor binding; GO:0031782 type 4 melanocortin receptor binding; GO:0070996 type 1 melanocortin receptor binding
  • GO BP:  GO:0006091 generation of precursor metabolites and energy; GO:0007165 signal transduction; GO:0007218 neuropeptide signaling pathway; GO:0007267 cell-cell signaling; GO:0008217 regulation of blood pressure; GO:0019722 calcium-mediated signaling; GO:0031640 killing of cells of another organism; GO:0032098 regulation of appetite; GO:0032720 negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production; GO:0033059 cellular pigmentation; GO:0035821 modulation of process of another organism; GO:0042593 glucose homeostasis; GO:0043950 positive regulation of cAMP-mediated signaling; GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; GO:0061844 antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide; GO:0070873 regulation of glycogen metabolic process; GO:0070965 positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of fungus; GO:0140668 positive regulation of oxytocin production; GO:1990680 response to melanocyte-stimulating hormone; GO:2000852 regulation of corticosterone secretion
  • GO CC:  GO:0005576 extracellular region; GO:0005615 extracellular space; GO:0005737 cytoplasm; GO:0005782 peroxisomal matrix; GO:0030141 secretory granule

Sequence Information

  • Sequence:  ELEGERPLGLEQVLESDAEKDDGPYRVEHFRWSNPPKD
  • Length:  38(165-202)
  • Propeptide:  MPRFCYSRSGALLLALLLQTSIDVWSWCLESSQCQDLTTESNLLACIRACKLDLSLETPVFPGNGDEQPLTENPRKYVMGHFRWDRFGPRNSSSAGSAAQRRAEEEAVWGDGSPEPSPREGKRSYSMEHFRWGKPVGKKRRPVKVYPNVAENESAEAFPLEFKRELEGERPLGLEQVLESDAEKDDGPYRVEHFRWSNPPKDKRYGGFMTSEKSQTPLVTLFKNAIIKNAHKKGQ
  • Signal peptide:  MPRFCYSRSGALLLALLLQTSIDVWS
  • Modification:  NA
  • Glycosylation:  NA
  • Mutagenesis:  NA

Activity

  • Function:  [Corticotropin]: Stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol.; [Melanocyte-stimulating hormone alpha]: Anorexigenic peptide. Increases the pigmentation of skin by increasing melanin production in melanocytes.; [Melanocyte-stimulating hormone beta]:
  • Mechanism:  NA
  • Cross BBB:  NA
  • Target:  Mc4r, Mc3r
  • Target Unid:   P56450, P33033
  • IC50:  NA
  • EC50:  NA
  • ED50:  NA
  • Kd:  NA
  • Half life:  NA

Structure

  • Disulfide bond:  NA
  • Structure ID:  AF-P01193-F1(AlphaFold_DB_ID)

  • Structure: (PDB_ID-from https://www.rcsb.org/; AlphaFold_DB_ID-from https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/; hordbxxxxxx_AF2.pdb was predicted structure by AlphaFold2; hordbxxxxxx_ESM.pdb was predicted structure by ESMFold)
    •    hor003957_AF2.pdbhor003957_ESM.pdb

Physical Information

Mass: 509892 Formula: C194H294N54O66
Absent amino acids: CIMT Common amino acids: E
pI: 4.14 Basic residues: 6
Polar residues: 7 Hydrophobic residues: 9
Hydrophobicity: -140 Boman Index: -12449
Half-Life / Aliphatic Index: 1 hour Aliphatic Index: 58.95
Instability Index: 3119.47 Extinction Coefficient cystines: 6990
Absorbance 280nm: 188.92

Literature

  • PubMed ID:  12716136
  • Title:  Peptidomics-based Discovery of Novel Neuropeptides