1. Noun. (hormone) A polypeptide hormone found to suppress appetite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Oxyntomodulin
1. Peptide produced by cleavage of proglucagon by prohormone convertases. Cleavage also produced glicentin in addition to glucagon itself. JBC 270:10136
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
