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).
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000324
altLabel
Corticotrophin
Adrenocorticotropin
1-39 ACTH
Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic
Corticotrophin (1-39)
Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic
ACTH (1-39)
ACTH
Corticotropin
Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone
Corticotropin (1-39)
AQL
AA AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0001655
DC
1
definition
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).
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