ACTH

• Gene Name:

  [POMC]

• NCBI Gene ID:

  5443

• Reactivity:

  Human, Mouse, Rat. Expected to show a broad species reactivity.

• Storage Conditions:

  Store at 2 to 8 °C. Antibody is stable for 24 months.

• Specificity:

  ACTH (same as Corticotropin) is a 39 amino acid active peptide produced by the anterior pituitary. This MAb is specific to Synacthen (aa1-24 of ACTH); does not react with CLIP (aa17-39 of ACTH). POMC (pro-opiomelanocortin or corticotropin-lipotropin) is a 267 amino acid polypeptide hormone precursor that goes through extensive, tissue-specific posttranslational processing by convertases. POMC is cleaved into ten hormone chains named NPP, ACTH, alpha-MSH (Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone), beta-MSH, gamma-MSH, CLIP (corticotropin-like intermediary peptide), Lipotropin-beta, Lipotropin-gamma, beta-endorphin and Met-enkephalin. ACTH is also produced by cells of immune system (T-cells, B-cells, and macrophages) in response to stimuli associated with stress. Anti-ACTH is a useful marker in classification of pituitary tumors and the study of pituitary disease. It reacts with ACTH-producing cells (corticotrophs). It also may react with other tumors (e.g. some small cell carcinomas of the lung) causing paraneoplastic syndromes by secreting ACTH.

• Other Gene Names:

  [POMC; POMC; LPH; MSH; NPP; POC; ACTH; CLIP; POMC; ACTH; CLIP]

• Short Name:

  [ACTH]

• Other Product Names:

  [pro-opiomelanocortin preproprotein; Pro-opiomelanocortin; pro-opiomelanocortin; beta-LPH; beta-MSH; alpha-MSH; gamma-LPH; gamma-MSH; beta-endorphin; met-enkephalin; lipotropin beta; lipotropin gamma; melanotropin beta; melanotropin alpha; melanotropin gamma; pro-ACTH-endorphin; adrenocorticotropin; corticotropin-lipotropin; adrenocorticotropic hormone; opiomelanocortin prepropeptide; proopiomelanocortin preproprotein; beta-melanocyte-stimulating hormone; alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone; corticotropin-like intermediary peptide; proopiomelanocortin; Corticotropin-lipotropinCleaved into the following 11 chains:NPP; Melanotropin gammaAlternative name(s):Gamma-MSH]

• NCBI GI Number:

  4505949

• NCBI Accession Number:

  NP_000930.1

• NCBI GB Accession Number:

  NM_000939.2

• Uniprot Accession Number:

  P01189