KROK 1 2009 – Question 72 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Products of some proteins hydrolysis and modification are the biologically active substances called hormones. Lipotropin, corticotropin, melanotropin and endorphins are synthesized in the hypophysis of the following protein:
- A. Neurostromin
- B. Proopiomelanocortin (POMC)
- C. Neuroglobulin
- D. Thyreoglobulin
- E. Neuroalbumin
Hint
These hormones are cleavage products of one large precursor, which is processed differently in different pituitary cell types; ask which precursor yields all of this family.
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