KROK 1 2023 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Bioactive substances hormones are produced as a result of hydrolysis and modification of certain proteins. What protein in the pituitary gland is the source of lipotropin, corticotropin, melanotropin, and endorphin?
- A. Neurostromin
- B. Proopiomelanocortin (POMC)
- C. Neuroalbumin
- D. Thyroglobulin
- E. Neuroglobulin
Hint
Several pituitary peptides share a single large precursor protein that is cleaved in a tissue-specific way by prohormone convertases.
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