General Information

  • ID:  hor003882
  • Uniprot ID:  P11280
  • Protein name:  Lipotropin beta
  • Gene name:  pomc
  • Organism:  Neovison vison (American mink) (Mustela vison)
  • Family:  POMC family
  • Source:  Animal
  • Expression:  ACTH and MSH are produced by the pituitary gland.
  • Disease:  NA
  • Comments:  NA
  • Taxonomy:  Neogale (genus), Mustelinae (subfamily), Mustelidae (family), Caniformia (suborder), Carnivora (order), Laurasiatheria (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:0005179 hormone activity
  • GO BP:  GO:0007218 neuropeptide signaling pathway
  • GO CC:  GO:0005576 extracellular region

Sequence Information

  • Sequence:  ELAGERPEPALGPEGAAEGMAALADLEYGLVAKAEVAEKKDDGPYKMEHFRWGSPGKDKRYGGFMTSEKSQTPLVTLFKNAIIKNAHKKGQ
  • Length:  91(52-142)
  • Propeptide:  SEPGRREGKRSYSMEHFRWGKPVGKKRRPVKVYPNGAEDESAEAFPLEFKRELAGERPEPALGPEGAAEGMAALADLEYGLVAKAEVAEKKDDGPYKMEHFRWGSPGKDKRYGGFMTSEKSQTPLVTLFKNAIIKNAHKKGQ
  • Signal peptide:  NA
  • 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:  NA
  • Target Unid:  NA
  • IC50: NA
  • EC50: NA
  • ED50: NA
  • kd: NA
  • Half life: NA

Structure

  • Disulfide bond:  NA
  • Structure ID:  AF-P11280-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)
    •    hor003882_AF2.pdbhor003882_ESM.pdb

Physical Information

Mass: 1146672 Formula: C438H690N120O133S3
Absent amino acids: C Common amino acids: AGK
pI: 7.68 Basic residues: 16
Polar residues: 22 Hydrophobic residues: 28
Hydrophobicity: -71.65 Boman Index: -15402
Half-Life: 1 hour Half-Life Yeast: 30 min
Half-Life E.Coli: >10 hour Aliphatic Index 61.32
Instability Index: 3183.19 Extinction Coefficient cystines: 9970
Absorbance 280nm: 110.78

Literature

  • PubMed ID:  3382437
  • Title:  [Synthesis, Cloning and Primary Structure of cDNA for Proopiomelanocortin From the Pituitary Gland of the Mink (Mustella Vison)]