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HMRbase accession number10526
Swiss-prot Accession numberP19872 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionAdipokinetic prohormone type 3 precursor [Contains: Adipokinetichormone 3 (Adipokinetic hormone III) (AKH-III); Adipokinetic hormoneprecursor-related peptide gamma chain (APRP-gamma)].
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 Length77 Amino acids
Molecular weight8024
References1  PubMed abstract 7559443
2  PubMed abstract 1997320
Domain NameAdipokin_hormo  
Hormone NameAdipokinetic hormone 3
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFTPWW
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