PMCH, Official Symbol PMCHprovided by HGNC Official Full Name pro-melanin concentrating hormoneprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:9109 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000183395 MIM:176795; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9109 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as MCH; ppMCH Summary This gene encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate multiple protein products. These products include melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), neuropeptide-glutamic acid-isoleucine (NEI), and neuropeptide-glycine-glutamic acid (NGE). Melanin-concentrating hormone is a 19-amino acid neuropeptide that stimulates hunger and may additionally regulate energy homeostasis, reproductive function, and sleep. Pseudogenes of this gene have been identified on chromosome 5. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2015] Expression Broad expression in bone marrow (RPKM 1.1), lymph node (RPKM 0.9) and 21 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all