title: Isolation and primary structure of adrenocorticotropin from several species of whale.
abstract: The isolation of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) from fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Blaenoptera borelis) and sperm (Physeter catodon) whale pituitaries is described. Their primary structures have been elucidated by the fluorescein isothiocyanate method and revealed to be identical to the structure of the human hormone. Fin whale exhibited an identical steroidogenic activity to that of the porcine hormone.
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000032:analysis*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000494:pharmacology; D002591:Cetacea; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D005452:Fluoresceins; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000032:analysis*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013861:Thiocyanates; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014907:Whales
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005452:Fluoresceins; D013861:Thiocyanates; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D014357:Trypsin