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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 20;48(41):9775–9784. doi: 10.1021/bi900634e

Table 2.

Binding affinities and potencies of NDP-α-MSH and ACTH analogues at hMC1R, hMC3R and hMC4R.

hMC1R hMC3R hMC4R

Ki(nM) EC50(nM) Ki(nM) EC50(nM) Ki(nM) EC50(nM)
NDP-α-MSH 0.4 ± 0.03 0.7 ± 0.1 3.5 ± 1.0 1.8 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3
NDNal(2’)7-α-MSH 1.2 ± 0.3 1.8 ± 0.5 5.5 ± 1.0 NA 3.4±0.3 NA
NDPhe7-ACTH1-24 0.5 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 6.1 ± 0.6 0.6 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.2
NDNal(2’)7-ACTH1-24 0.8 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.5 5.9 ± 0.8 83 ± 15 3.8 ± 0.1 134 ± 32

NA: no activity (at 10−6M)