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HMRbase accession number10602
Swiss-prot Accession numberP25331 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionEclosion hormone precursor (Ecdysis activator) (EH).
Source organismBombyx mori (Silk moth)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Bombycoidea;Bombycidae; Bombyx.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the insect eclosion hormone family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
Function Neuropeptide that triggers the performance of ecdysis behaviors at the end of a molt. It triggers adult behavior patterns: larval, pupal and adult ecdysis, and plasticization during the molt
Protein Length88 Amino acids
Molecular weight9505
References1  PubMed abstract 1370883
2   Kono T., Nagasawa H., Isogai A., Fugo H., Suzuki A.; "Amino acid sequence of eclosion hormone of the silkworm, Bombyxmori."; Agric. Biol. Chem. 51:2307-2308(1987).
Domain NameEclosion  
Hormone NameEclosion hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceSPAIASSYDAMEICIENCAQCKKMFGPWFEGSLCAESCIKARGKDIPECESFASISPFLNKL
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein62 Residues from position (27-88)
ReceptorN/A
Gene ID692740      
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated