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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).

Also Known As:

ACTH; Corticotropin; Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone; Adrenocorticotropin; 1-39 ACTH; ACTH (1-39); Corticotrophin; Corticotrophin (1-39); Corticotropin (1-39); Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic; Hormone, Adrenocorticotropic

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Hormones

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Hormones: 82104
  - Peptide Hormones: 1361
    - Pituitary Hormones: 610
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 189
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: 1
- Proteins: 496323
  - Nerve Tissue Proteins: 3
    - Neuropeptides: 6903
      - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722
- Peptides: 84029
  - Neuropeptides: 6903
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722
  - Peptide Hormones: 1361
    - Pituitary Hormones: 610
      - Anterior Pituitary Hormones: 189
        Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722
    - Hypothalamic Hormones: 69
      - Pro-Opiomelanocortin: 1972
        Melanocortins: 967
        Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: 16722

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Disease

Drug/Important Bio-Agent (IBA)