The sun-tan hormone
alpha-MSH
is:
Ser-Tyr-Ser-
Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly
-Lys-Pro-Val-NH
2
The sun-tan hormone
beta-MSH
is:
Asp-Glu-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Lys-
Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly
-Ser-Pro-Pro-Lys-Asp
This is the
bovine
case, from
Sawyer et al.
as quoted by
Mac E. Hadley
. The
human
case is still being investigated.
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