Ghrelin and the Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Balance

  Figure 1.
Figure 1.

The structure of human ghrelin. Ghrelin is a 28 amino-acid peptide, in which Ser3 is modified by n- octanoic acid. This modification is essential for the activity of ghrelin.

This Article

  1. MI December 2002 vol. 2 no. 8 494-503