A database of hormones and their receptors

Peptide Hormone

HMRbase accession number	10524
Swiss-prot Accession number	P35808 (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)].
Source organism	Schistocerca gregaria (Desert locust)
Taxonomical Classification	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Orthopteroidea; Orthoptera; Caelifera; Acridomorpha;Acridoidea; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae; Schistocerca.
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	39 Amino acids
Molecular weight	4371
References	1 PubMed abstract 1941082 2 PubMed abstract 4063072
Domain Name	Adipokin_hormo
Hormone Name	Adipokinetic hormone 2
Mature Hormone Sequence	QLNFSTGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein	8 Residues from position (1-8)
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