{"symbol":"PMCH","synonyms":["ppMCH","MCH"],"name":"pro-melanin-concentrating hormone","description":"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]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":5367,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/5367","proteins":[{"symbol":"MCH_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/MCH_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Endogenous ligands","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Endogenous+ligands"}]}