Figure 4: Post-transcription processing of vasopressin and related peptides. The pre-pro-vasopressin is a peptide consisting of 164 amino acids. This pre-pro-hormone is then converted to pro-vasopressin after the removal of the signal peptide and N-linked glycosylation of copeptin. Further processing of pro-vasopressin gives rise to the individual peptides: arginine vasopressin (AVP), neurophysin II (NP II), and copeptin. Image courtesy: Sriram Gubbi, NIDDK, NIH.