Agouti signalling peptide a product of the Agouti gene is a peptide consisting of 131 amino acids. Its discovery was published in 1994 in the scientific journal Nature where its functional properties were described. It acts as an inverse agonist at melanocortin receptors to be specific MC1.It is produced by the Agouti gene ASIP.
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