Human obestatin has been used to study its role in differentiation in rat preadipocytes.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Obestatin, an obesity peptide, along with Ghrelin peptides are derived from the same prepropeptide, Ghrelin. In contrast to Ghrelin, Obestatin suppresses food intake, body weight gain, and gastrointestinal motility in rodents.
It does not participate in the release of growth hormone.
General description
Obestatin is a 23-amino acid peptide. It is encoded by the ghrelin gene.
Other Notes
Lyophilized from 0.1% TFA in H2O
Physical form
Lyophilized from 0.1% aqueous trifluoroacetate (TFA).