Potent and Selective Peptide Agonists of α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (αMSH) Action at Human Melanocortin Receptor 5; their Synthesis and Biological Evaluation in vitro

Analogs of α-melanocyte stimulating horm

Analogs of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone with high agonist potency and selectivity at human melanocortin receptor 1b: The role of Trp9 in molecular recognition

✍ Maria A. Bednarek; Tanya MacNeil; Rui Tang; Tung M. Fong; M. Angeles Cabello; Ma 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 133 KB

## Abstract α‐Melanocyte stimulating hormone (αMSH), Ac‐Ser^1^‐Tyr^2^‐Ser^3^‐Met^4^‐Glu^5^‐His^6^‐Phe^7^‐Arg^8^‐Trp^9^‐Gly^10^‐Lys^11^‐Pro^12^‐Val^13^‐NH~2~, is an endogenous agonist for the melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R), the receptor found in the skin, several types of immune cells, and other per