@article{1395ca6f0b7e4abe8bc778948e830f3b,
title = "alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating-hormone precursors in the pig pituitary",
abstract = "The occurrence of intermediates from the processing of ACTH-(1-39) [adrenocorticotropic hormone-(1-39)] to alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone was investigated in normal pig pituitaries by the use of sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays for ACTH-(1-13), ACTH-(1-14), ACTH-(1-13)-NH2 and ACTH-(1-39). Fractionation by reverse-phase h.p.l.c. revealed ACTH(1-17) and their acetylated analogues. The intermediate lobe contained NO-diacetyl-ACTH-(1-13)-NH2, N-acetyl-ACTH-(1-13)-NH2 and ACTH-(1-13)-NH2. In addition, the corresponding ACTH-(1-14) peptides (the glycine-extended precursor of the amidated peptides) were detected in lower amounts in both the intermediate lobe and the anterior lobe. ACTH-(1-17), ACTH-(1-13) and their acetylated analogues could not be detected in the anterior lobe or the intermediate lobe. The results suggest that an endopeptidase initially cleaves ACTH-(1-39) at the Lys-16-Arg-17 bond. ACTH-(1-16) is then processed by a pituitary carboxypeptidase to ACTH-(1-14) and ACTH-(17-39) by the aminopeptidase to ACTH-(18-39).",
keywords = "Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Animals, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones, Peptide Fragments, Pituitary Gland, Radioimmunoassay, Sodium Iodide, Swine, alpha-MSH",
author = "M Fenger",
year = "1986",
language = "English",
volume = "235",
pages = "715--22",
journal = "Biochemical Journal",
issn = "0264-6021",
publisher = "Portland Press Ltd",
number = "3",
}