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Prohormone

Index Prohormone

A prohormone is a committed precursor of a hormone consisting of peptide hormones synthesized together that has a minimal hormonal effect by itself because of its expression-suppressing structure, often created by protein folding and binding additional peptide chains to certain ends, that makes hormone receptor binding sites located on its peptide hormone chain segments inaccessible. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Amylin, Anabolic steroid, Androgen prohormone, Androstenediol, Androstenedione, Circulatory system, Controlled Substances Act, Drug Enforcement Administration, Endoplasmic reticulum, Hormone, Insulin, Major League Baseball, Peptide hormone, Performance-enhancing substance, Post-translational modification, Precursor (chemistry), Prehormone, Preprohormone, Prodrug, Proinsulin, Proopiomelanocortin, Proprotein convertase, Protein, Protein precursor, Signal peptidase, Vitamin D, 1-Testosterone.

  2. Precursor proteins

Amylin

Amylin, or islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), is a 37-residue peptide hormone. Prohormone and Amylin are peptide hormones.

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Anabolic steroid

Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR).

See Prohormone and Anabolic steroid

Androgen prohormone

An androgen prohormone, or proandrogen, is a prohormone (or prodrug) of an anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS).

See Prohormone and Androgen prohormone

Androstenediol

Androstenediol, or 5-androstenediol (abbreviated as A5 or Δ5-diol), also known as androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol, is an endogenous weak androgen and estrogen steroid hormone and intermediate in the biosynthesis of testosterone from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).

See Prohormone and Androstenediol

Androstenedione

Androstenedione, or 4-androstenedione (abbreviated as A4 or Δ4-dione), also known as androst-4-ene-3,17-dione, is an endogenous weak androgen steroid hormone and intermediate in the biosynthesis of estrone and of testosterone from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).

See Prohormone and Androstenedione

Circulatory system

The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.

See Prohormone and Circulatory system

Controlled Substances Act

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) is the statute establishing federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain substances is regulated.

See Prohormone and Controlled Substances Act

Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.

See Prohormone and Endoplasmic reticulum

Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.

See Prohormone and Hormone

Insulin

Insulin (from Latin insula, 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene. Prohormone and insulin are peptide hormones.

See Prohormone and Insulin

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

See Prohormone and Major League Baseball

Peptide hormone

Peptide hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptides. Prohormone and peptide hormone are peptide hormones.

See Prohormone and Peptide hormone

Performance-enhancing substance

Performance-enhancing substances, also known as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans.

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Post-translational modification

In molecular biology, post-translational modification (PTM) is the covalent process of changing proteins following protein biosynthesis.

See Prohormone and Post-translational modification

Precursor (chemistry)

In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound.

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Prehormone

A prehormone is a biochemical substance secreted by glandular tissue and has minimal or no significant biological activity, but it is converted in peripheral tissues into an active hormone.

See Prohormone and Prehormone

Preprohormone

A preprohormone is the precursor protein to one or more prohormones, which are in turn precursors to peptide hormones. Prohormone and preprohormone are peptide hormones and precursor proteins.

See Prohormone and Preprohormone

Prodrug

A prodrug is a pharmacologically inactive medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug.

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Proinsulin

Proinsulin is the prohormone precursor to insulin made in the beta cells of the Pancreatic Islets, specialized regions of the pancreas.

See Prohormone and Proinsulin

Proopiomelanocortin

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. Prohormone and Proopiomelanocortin are precursor proteins.

See Prohormone and Proopiomelanocortin

Proprotein convertase

Proprotein convertases (PPCs) are a family of proteins that activate other proteins.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein precursor

A protein precursor, also called a pro-protein or pro-peptide, is an inactive protein (or peptide) that can be turned into an active form by post-translational modification, such as breaking off a piece of the molecule or adding on another molecule. Prohormone and protein precursor are precursor proteins.

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Signal peptidase

Signal peptidases are enzymes that convert secretory and some membrane proteins to their mature or pro forms by cleaving their signal peptides from their N-termini.

See Prohormone and Signal peptidase

Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and for many other biological effects.

See Prohormone and Vitamin D

1-Testosterone

1-Testosterone (abbreviated and nicknamed as 1-Testo, 1-T), also known as δ1-dihydrotestosterone (δ1-DHT), as well as dihydroboldenone, is a synthetic anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 5α-reduced derivative of boldenone (Δ1-testosterone).

See Prohormone and 1-Testosterone

See also

Precursor proteins

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohormone