A database of hormones and their receptors

Peptide Hormone

HMRbase accession number	10523
Swiss-prot Accession number	P08379 (Sequence in FASTA format)
Description	Adipokinetic prohormone type 2 precursor [Contains: Adipokinetichormone 2 (Adipokinetic hormone II) (AKH-II); Adipokinetic hormoneprecursor-related peptide beta chain (APRP-beta) (6 kDa dimericpeptide B)].
Source organism	Locusta migratoria (Migratory locust)
Taxonomical Classification	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Orthopteroidea; Orthoptera; Caelifera; Acridomorpha;Acridoidea; Acrididae; Oedipodinae; Locusta.
Subcellular location	Secreted protein
Developmental Stage	N/A
Similarity	Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
Tissue Specificity	N/A
Post translational modification	N/A
Function	This 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 Length	61 Amino acids
Molecular weight	6588
References	1 PubMed abstract 7559443 2 PubMed abstract 4063072 3 PubMed abstract 3947348 4 PubMed abstract 2731552
Domain Name	Adipokin_hormo
Hormone Name	Adipokinetic hormone 2
Mature Hormone Sequence	QLNFSAGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein	8 Residues from position (23-30)
Receptor	N/A
Gene ID	N/A
PDB ID	N/A
Drugpedia	wiki
Comments	!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated