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UPDATE: The molecule is thyrotropin-releasing hormone. It's derived from a long precursor protein containing multiple repeats of the tripeptide Glu-His-Pro.
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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), also called thyrotropin-releasing factor (TRF), thyroliberin or protirelin
ReplyDeletea tropic tripeptide hormone that stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone and prolactin by the anterior pituitary.
The molecule is thyrotropin-releasing hormone.
ReplyDeleteIt's a hormone that stimulates the release of thyrotropin or thyroid-stimulating hormone in the pituitary gland.
The hormone precursor is synthesized as a polypeptide chain containing multiple copies of the peptide -Glu-His-Pro-Gly-, which is cleaved to form mature TRH.
Molecule # 154 is the Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone (TRH), or pyroglutamyl-histidyl-prolinamide (pGlu-H-Pro-NH2). It binds to a receptor of the anterior pituitary causing it to release TSH (Thyrotropic Stimulating Hormone).
ReplyDeleteThat's thyrotropin-releasing hormone AKA protirelin. That's a good one because it is linked to a Nobel prize in medicine (1977).
ReplyDeleteThe function is kind of obvious from the name - it stimulates secretion of thyrotropin.
It is basically a EHP peptide with Glu condensing on itself. So the immediate precursor has to be simply EHP.
Hmm, it appears to be thyrotropin releasing hormone. It is released by the hypothalamus into the hypophyseal portal system. I do not know what the precursor is exactly. Its function is stimulating the release of thyroid stimulating hormone and prolactin from the anterior pituitary.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm right, it would be due to my intense review for the MCAT.
Roger Fan
Undergrad
It is TRH, thyrotropin releasing hormone. It is secreted from the hypothalamus and interacts with TRHR in the anterior pituitary, causing the release of TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone.
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