. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 16.

Published in final edited form as: Curr Top Med Chem. 2009;9(6):554–563. doi: 10.2174/156802609788897817

Table 1.

Structures of Melanotropin Peptides

Compound	Structure
α-MSH	Ac-Ser-Tyr-Ser-Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly-Lys-Pro-Val-NH₂
β-MSH	H-Asp-Glu-Gly-Pro-Tyr-Art-Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly-Ser-Pro-Pro-Lys-Asp-OH
γ₁-MSH	H-Tyr-Val-Met-Gly-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Asp-Arg-Phe-NH₂
γ₂-MSH	H-Tyr-Val-Met-Gly-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Asp-Arg-Phe-Gly-OH
NDP-α-MSH(MT-I)	Ac-Ser-Tyr-Ser-Nle-Gly-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-Gly-Lys-Pro-Val-NH₂
MT-II	(Ac-Nle⁷-c[Asp⁵,DPhe⁷]-α-MSH-(4-10)-NH₂, Ac-Nle-c[Asp-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-Lys]-NH₂
SHU-9119	Ac-Nle-c[Asp-His-DNal(2′)-Arg-Trp-Lys]-NH₂