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HMRbase accession number10699
Swiss-prot Accession numberP01209 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionPigment-dispersing hormone (PDH) (Light-adapting distal retinalpigment hormone) (DRPH).
Source organismPandalus borealis (Northern red shrimp)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Caridea; Pandaloidea;Pandalidae; Pandalus.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the arthropod PDH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
Function Causes the migration of the distal retinal pigment into the proximal end of the pigment chromatophore cells and thus decreases the amount of light entering the retinulas.
Protein Length18 Amino acids
Molecular weight1903
References1  PubMed abstract 952951
Domain NamePigment_DH  
Hormone NamePigment-dispersing hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceNSGMINSILGIPRVMTEA
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein18 Residues from position (1-18)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated