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HMRbase accession number10520
Swiss-prot Accession numberP55319 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionAdipokinetic prohormone type 1 precursor [Contains: Adipokinetichormone 1 (Adipokinetic hormone I) (AKH-I); Adipokinetic hormoneprecursor-related peptide alpha chain (APRP-alpha) (6 kDa dimericpeptide A)].
Source organismLocusta migratoria (Migratory locust)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Orthopteroidea; Orthoptera; Caelifera; Acridomorpha;Acridoidea; Acrididae; Oedipodinae; Locusta.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionThis hormone, released from cells in the corpora cardiaca after the beginning of flight, causes release of diglycerides from the fat body and then stimulates the flight muscles to use these diglycerides as an energy source
Protein Length63 Amino acids
Molecular weight6824
References1  PubMed abstract 7559443
2  PubMed abstract 958472
3  PubMed abstract 8224763
4  PubMed abstract 2731552
Domain NameAdipokin_hormo  
Hormone NameAdipokinetic hormone 1
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFTPNWGT
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein10 Residues from position (23-32)
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