Melanotan II

Melanotan II is a lab-made cyclic peptide built to mimic alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), a naturally occurring hormone that acts on the melanocortin receptor family. The product page doesn't publish a formula or molecular weight, but frames the compound around that receptor-mimicking structure. Research use centers on the melanocortin receptors themselves — how a cyclic peptide analog like this one binds to and activates them, what that triggers downstream inside the cell, and how the molecule's structure holds up under storage and handling conditions over time.

Research Applications Noted

• Melanocortin receptor binding and signaling pathway analysis
• Peptide–receptor interaction dynamics in melanocortin system models
• Intracellular signaling cascade evaluation
• Structure-function analysis of cyclic peptide analogs

Stability, degradation, and analytical profiling