Title : Structural studies of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and a novel beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone from the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary of the dogfish Squalus acanthias.

Pub. Date : 1974 Aug

PMID : 4375978






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 It appears to be related to the beta-MSH species of mammalian species but has only the sequence -His-Phe-Arg-Trp- in common with the heptapeptide core -Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly- which is characteristic not only of the MSH peptides but also of the adrenocorticotrophins and lipotrophins studied so far. Histidine proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens