Related MeSH Hierarchy (14)
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones » alpha-MSH
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » alpha-MSH
Description
A 13-amino acid peptide derived from proteolytic cleavage of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE, the N-terminal segment of ACTH. ACTH (1-13) is amidated at the C-terminal to form ACTH (1-13)NH2 which in turn is acetylated to form alpha-MSH in the secretory granules. Alpha-MSH stimulates the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. MeSH
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