Multiple choice

Obesity genetics has been predominantly driven by research into monogenic or syndromic obesity. Which of the following statements does NOT characterise monogenic obesity?

  1. The receptor gene mutations might be one of the reasons for severe obesity.

  2. In Leptin melanocortin pathway, leptin crosses the blood brain barrier and triggers the neurons present in the hypothalamus to generate peptides.

  3. The phenotype is directly and strongly related to the genotype.

  4. The common monogenic obesity disorder was represented by excess of MC4R .

  5. It occurs due to the congenital leptin deficiency.
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Explanation

The mutation in the melanocortin-4 receptor protein (MC4R) which is a component of leptin-melanocortin pathway was detected to be related to obesity. The common monogenic obesity disorder was represented by MC4R deficiency. The obesity was accounted due to homozygous and heterozygous mutations in MC4R.

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