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. 2019 Jun 27;6:145. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2019.00145

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Structure of POMC (Pre-Opiomelanocortin) gene and its post-translational processing and modification products in the anterior and intermediate pituitary gland. Lys, Lysine; Arg, Arginine; Cys, Cystine; α-, β- and λ-MSH, α-, β- and λ-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone; ACTH, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; β- and λ- LPH, β- and λ- Lipotrophin; N-POMC, N-Pro-Opiomelanocortin. The figure adapted from Bicknell (1) and Mulcahy and Nillni (2) works with modification.