Confirmation of the 1-20 amino acid sequence of human adrenocorticotrophin

Biochem J. 1973 May;133(1):11-3. doi: 10.1042/bj1330011.

Abstract

The tryptic fragments of natural human adrenocorticotrophin, were separated by countercurrent distribution and a correction in positions 25, 26, 27 and 30 was made by Riniker et al. (1972) in a study of the fragment containing residues 22-39. We have purified the remaining tryptic fragments, namely residues 1-8, 9-15, 16-21 and 17-21, by using ion-exchange chromatography on CM-cellulose and have carried out sequence determination by using the subtractive Edman degradation procedure and digestion with aminopeptidase M and carboxypeptidase B. These results have confirmed the proposed sequence for human adrenocorticotrophin in regions 6-7, 10-14 and 17-20, which had previously been arrived at only by analogy with the invariant sequence found in the three other mammalian adrenocorticotrophin species that had been investigated.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / analysis*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Aminopeptidases
  • Carboxypeptidases
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Countercurrent Distribution
  • Humans
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Trypsin

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
  • Carboxypeptidases
  • Aminopeptidases
  • Trypsin