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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Endocrinol. 2016 Feb 15;56(4):T77–T97. doi: 10.1530/JME-15-0323

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the bovine POMC protein.

Figure 1

The prohormone encodes multiple peptides that can be cleaved by prohormone convertases in a cell and time dependent manner. Adrenocorticotropin, ACTH; melanocyte stimulating hormone, MSH; joining peptide, JP; corticotropin-like intermediate peptide, CLIP; regulated secretory pathway, RSP; lollipop symbols represent glycosylation sites.