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HMRbase accession number10525
Swiss-prot Accession numberP35807 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionAdipokinetic prohormone type 2 precursor [Contains: Adipokinetichormone 2 (Adipokinetic hormone II) (AKH-II); Adipokinetic hormoneprecursor-related peptide beta chain (APRP-beta)].
Source organismSchistocerca nitens (Vagrant locust)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Orthopteroidea; Orthoptera; Caelifera; Acridomorpha;Acridoidea; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae; Schistocerca.
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 Length61 Amino acids
Molecular weight6634
References1  PubMed abstract 2294116
2  PubMed abstract 3947348
Domain NameAdipokin_hormo  
Hormone NameAdipokinetic hormone 2
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFSTGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein8 Residues from position (23-30)
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