[Term]
id: PR:000044793
name: melanotropin
def: "A pro-opiomelanocortin proteolytic cleavage product that represents a mature hormone peptide that stimulates pigment dispersion, such as alpha-MSH in mammalian melanocytes." [PRO:CNA, PMID:24146662]
comment: Category=modification.
synonym: "POMC/Clv:MSH" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DAN]
synonym: "MSH" EXACT []
is_a: PR:000021036 ! pro-opiomelanocortin proteolytic cleavage product