Question

(This is BIOchemistry) For the appetite-related signaling molecule NPY:

a.) What is the specific function of that molecule?

b.) What is the mechanism of that action (how does it do what it does)?

c.) How is that molecule made? Describe any prepro- and pro- forms and associated cleavages or covalent bonds or phosphorylations associated with the molecule.

d.) Describe how the molecule is regulated

(This problem relates to chapters 22, Biosynthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and related molecules; and chapter 23, hormonal regulation and integration of mammalian metabolism, from the Lehninger Biochemistry textbook).

Answer 1