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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

pro-opiomelanocortin-alpha [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:97742]

Gene Synonyms

ACTH, BE, POMC, Pomc-1, adrenal corticotropic hormone, alpha-MSH, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone, alphaMSH, beta-MSH, beta-endorphin, beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone, gamma-MSH, gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone

Location

Chromosome 12: 4,004,944-4,010,642 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM001005.3

About this gene

This gene has 5 transcripts (splice variants), 280 orthologues and is associated with 60 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000218089.3Pomc-2021008235aaENSMUSP00000151367.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS25785P01193 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000219543.3Pomc-2041119235aaENSMUSP00000151504.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS25785P01193 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000020990.8Pomc-2011038235aaENSMUSP00000020990.6
 
Protein coding
CCDS25785P01193 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000218169.2Pomc-20348079aaENSMUSP00000151769.2
 
Protein coding
A0A1W2P7R2 TSL:2CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000220006.2Pomc-20543844aaENSMUSP00000151450.2
 
Protein coding
A0A1W2P724 TSL:3CDS 3' incomplete