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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.
