Gastric inhibitory polypeptide competes with glucagon for binding to the glucagon receptor and can inhibit glucagon-stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes, indicating that glucagon mediates lipolysis, at least in part, through direct activation of its receptor (27)
Receptor sensitivity decreases with continuous stimulation
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BPC-157 (also known by older designations including PL-14736 and bepecin) has the amino acid sequence Gly-Glu-Pro-Pro-Pro-Gly-Lys-Pro-Ala-Asp-Asp-Ala-Gly-Leu-Val, a molecular weight of roughly 1,419.5 g/mol, and CAS number 137525-51-0 (PubChem CID 9941957)