anorectin

Meaning

Noun

• A peptide that reduces eating in mammals. The sequence of amino acids is Pyr-Val-Asp-Ser-Met-Trp-Ala-Glu-Gln-Lys-Gln-Met-Glu-Leu-Glu-Ser-Ile-Leu-Val-Ala-Leu-Leu-Gln-Lys-His-Ser-Arg-Asn-Ser-Gln-NH2

Related

Similar words

• CTPG
• C-terminal of prepro-GRF

Origin

• Appears in "Effects on Feeding Behavior of Rats of a Cryptic Peptide from the C-Terminal End of Prepro-Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor" K. ARASE, T. SAKAGUCHI, M. TAKAHASHI, G. A. BRAY, N. LING
• Endocrinology, Volume 121, Issue 6, 1 December 1987, Pages 1960–1965, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-121-6-1960