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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Peptide Hormones » Pituitary Hormones » Pituitary Hormones, Anterior » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Peptides » Peptide Hormones » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Nerve Tissue Proteins » Neuropeptides » Hypothalamic Hormones » Pro-Opiomelanocortin » Melanocortins » Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Description
An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP). MeSH
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