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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nabil G Seidah, Ile des Soeurs, Verdun, Quebec, CA;
Michel Chretien, St. Lambert, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530306 ;
Abstract
There are disclosed the N-terminal fragment of human pro-opiomelanocortin, a glycopeptide composed of 76 amino acid residues, and a process for preparing same from human pituitary glands. The glycopeptide is useful in potentiating the effects of ACTH on steroidogenesis, in stimulating the production of aldosterone, as a diagnostic tool, as well as a reagent for determining its presence in biological fluids and tissues by immunochemical means.