ACTH   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 3633

Synonyms: Acthar® | adrenocorticotropic hormone (1-39) | corticotropin
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
ACTH is an approved drug (FDA (1950))
Compound class: Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat
Comment: This is an enodgenous peptide secreted by the pituitary gland and is one of the peptide products of the POMC gene. It stimulates secretion of glucocorticoid steroid hormones. ACTH is used as a drug with the INN corticotropin. ACTH is an important component of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and is often produced in response to biological stress.
Species: Human
Click here for help

Ligand Activity Visualisation Charts

These are box plot that provide a unique visualisation, summarising all the activity data for a ligand taken from ChEMBL and GtoPdb across multiple targets and species. Click on a plot to see the median, interquartile range, low and high data points. A value of zero indicates that no data are available. A separate chart is created for each target, and where possible the algorithm tries to merge ChEMBL and GtoPdb targets by matching them on name and UniProt accession, for each available species. However, please note that inconsistency in naming of targets may lead to data for the same target being reported across multiple charts.

✖

View interactive charts of activity data across species

IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project (PEP) logo

View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: acth

ACTH is commercially available from our sponsors

2D Structure
Click here for help

2D Structure

An image of the ligand's 2D structure. For small molecules with SMILES these are drawn using the NCI/CADD Chemical Identifier Resolver. Click on the image to access the chemical structure search tool with the ligand pre-loaded in the structure editor. For other types of ligands, e.g. longer nucleotides and peptides, a manually drawn representation of the molecule may be provided.

✖
Click here for structure editor
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
Click here for help

SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

✖
Canonical SMILES NCCCCC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)N1CCCC1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NCC(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)N1CCCC1C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)NC(C(=O)O)Cc1ccccc1)CCC(=O)O)CC(C)C)Cc1ccccc1)C)CCC(=O)O)C)CO)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)C)CC(=O)N)Cc1ccc(cc1)O)C(C)C)NC(=O)C(C(C)C)NC(=O)C1CCCN1C(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)CNC(=O)C(C(C)C)NC(=O)C1CCCN1C(=O)C(NC(=O)CNC(=O)C(Cc1c[nH]c2c1cccc2)NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(NC(=O)C(CO)N)Cc1ccc(cc1)O)CO)CCSC)CCC(=O)O)Cc1nc[nH]c1)Cc1ccccc1)CCCN=C(N)N)CCCCN)CCCCN)CCCCN)CCCN=C(N)N)CCCN=C(N)N
Isomeric SMILES NCCCC[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N1CCC[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N1CCC[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)O)Cc1ccccc1)CCC(=O)O)CC(C)C)Cc1ccccc1)C)CCC(=O)O)C)CO)CCC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)CCC(=O)O)C)CC(=O)N)Cc1ccc(cc1)O)C(C)C)NC(=O)[C@H](C(C)C)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCN1C(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)CNC(=O)[C@H](C(C)C)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCN1C(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)CNC(=O)[C@H](Cc1c[nH]c2c1cccc2)NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@@H](NC(=O)[C@H](CO)N)Cc1ccc(cc1)O)CO)CCSC)CCC(=O)O)Cc1nc[nH]c1)Cc1ccccc1)CCCN=C(N)N)CCCCN)CCCCN)CCCCN)CCCN=C(N)N)CCCN=C(N)N
InChI InChI=1S/C207H308N56O58S/c1-108(2)89-140(186(302)240-135(69-74-163(279)280)182(298)254-149(204(320)321)94-117-43-20-15-21-44-117)250-193(309)152-54-35-86-262(152)202(318)147(92-116-41-18-14-19-42-116)252-171(287)114(11)230-175(291)132(66-71-160(273)274)234-170(286)113(10)231-191(307)150(105-265)255-183(299)136(70-75-164(281)282)241-190(306)146(98-165(283)284)249-180(296)133(67-72-161(275)276)235-169(285)112(9)229-157(270)101-225-174(290)145(97-156(213)269)251-194(310)153-55-36-87-263(153)203(319)148(93-119-60-64-123(268)65-61-119)253-199(315)167(110(5)6)257-185(301)129(49-26-30-79-210)243-198(314)168(111(7)8)259-196(312)155-57-38-85-261(155)201(317)139(53-34-83-223-207(218)219)244-178(294)130(51-32-81-221-205(214)215)237-177(293)128(48-25-29-78-209)236-176(292)127(47-24-28-77-208)232-158(271)103-227-197(313)166(109(3)4)258-195(311)154-56-37-84-260(154)200(316)138(50-27-31-80-211)233-159(272)102-226-173(289)143(95-120-99-224-126-46-23-22-45-124(120)126)247-179(295)131(52-33-82-222-206(216)217)238-187(303)142(90-115-39-16-13-17-40-115)246-189(305)144(96-121-100-220-107-228-121)248-181(297)134(68-73-162(277)278)239-184(300)137(76-88-322-12)242-192(308)151(106-266)256-188(304)141(245-172(288)125(212)104-264)91-118-58-62-122(267)63-59-118/h13-23,39-46,58-65,99-100,107-114,125,127-155,166-168,224,264-268H,24-38,47-57,66-98,101-106,208-212H2,1-12H3,(H2,213,269)(H,220,228)(H,225,290)(H,226,289)(H,227,313)(H,229,270)(H,230,291)(H,231,307)(H,232,271)(H,233,272)(H,234,286)(H,235,285)(H,236,292)(H,237,293)(H,238,303)(H,239,300)(H,240,302)(H,241,306)(H,242,308)(H,243,314)(H,244,294)(H,245,288)(H,246,305)(H,247,295)(H,248,297)(H,249,296)(H,250,309)(H,251,310)(H,252,287)(H,253,315)(H,254,298)(H,255,299)(H,256,304)(H,257,301)(H,258,311)(H,259,312)(H,273,274)(H,275,276)(H,277,278)(H,279,280)(H,281,282)(H,283,284)(H,320,321)(H4,214,215,221)(H4,216,217,222)(H4,218,219,223)/t112-,113-,114-,125-,127-,128-,129-,130-,131-,132-,133-,134-,135-,136-,137-,138-,139-,140-,141-,142-,143-,144-,145-,146-,147-,148-,149-,150-,151-,152-,153-,154-,155-,166-,167-,168-/m0/s1
InChI Key IDLFZVILOHSSID-OVLDLUHVSA-N
Classification Click here for help
Compound class Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat
Ligand families/groups Neuropeptides
Approved drug? Yes (FDA (1950))
International Nonproprietary Names Click here for help
INN number INN
1366 corticotropin
Synonyms Click here for help
Acthar® | adrenocorticotropic hormone (1-39) | corticotropin
Gene/Precursor Click here for help
Gene symbol Gene name Species Precursor protein name Synonyms
POMC proopiomelanocortin Human pro-opiomelanocortin ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone, beta-endorphin, beta-lipotropin, beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone, CLIP, LPH, MSH, NPP, POC
Database Links Click here for help
Specialist databases
GPCRdb Ligand ACTH
Other databases
CAS Registry No. 12279-41-3 (Hs)
ChEMBL Ligand CHEMBL1201610
DrugBank Ligand DB01285
DrugCentral Ligand 4931, 4931
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000115138 (Hs)
Entrez Gene 5443 (Hs)
GtoPdb PubChem SID 135651598
Human Protein Atlas ENSG00000115138 (Hs)
PubChem CID 134611880
Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey IDLFZVILOHSSID-OVLDLUHVSA-N
Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone IDLFZVILOHSSID
Search PubMed clinical trials corticotropin
Search PubMed titles corticotropin
Search PubMed titles/abstracts corticotropin
UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey IDLFZVILOHSSID-OVLDLUHVSA-N
UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey IDLFZVILOHSSID-OVLDLUHVSA-N
UniProtKB P01189 (Hs)
Wikipedia ACTH

Product suppliers

View disclaimer

Sponsored products disclaimer

Product supplier links are provided as a service to assist in identifying commercial suppliers of reagents that are mentioned on the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY database website, and do not imply their endorsement by NC-IUPHAR.

Links are provided in return for sponsorship, used to fund improvements to this database. The sponsorship account is managed and audited by the University of Edinburgh, a charitable body registered in Scotland, SC005336. If you are interested in sponsoring the database, please contact us.

✖

Tocris
[D-Trp34]-Neuropeptide Y (links to external site)
Cat. No. 3436