ACTH

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