Lipotropin

Japanese: リポトロピン
Lipotropin
Also known as fat mobilizing hormone. A peptide hormone synthesized and secreted in the anterior pituitary gland, there are beta-lipotropin and gamma-lipotropin. It is synthesized from a precursor (proopiomelanocortin) that is common to adrenocorticotropic hormone and other hormones, and is produced by processing after synthesis. It acts on fat cells to promote fat breakdown.

Source: Asakura Publishing Nutrition and Biochemistry Dictionary Information

Japanese:
脂肪動員ホルモンともいう.下垂体前葉で合成分泌されるペプチドホルモンで,βリポトロピンとγリポトロピンがある.副腎皮質刺激ホルモンなどと共通の前駆体(プロオピオメラノコルチン)として合成され,合成後のプロセッシングによって生成する.脂肪細胞に作用して脂肪分解を促進する.

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