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HMRbase accession number10138
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ9TWW7 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionPigment-dispersing hormone (PDH).
Source organismProcambarus clarkii (Red swamp crayfish)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Astacidea;Astacoidea; Cambaridae; Procambarus.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the arthropod PDH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionCauses 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 weight1942
References1  PubMed abstract 1823925
Domain NamePigment_DH  
Hormone NamePigment-dispersing hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceNSELINSILGLPKVMNEA
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