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HMRbase accession number10134
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ23755 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionPigment-dispersing hormone 1 precursor [Contains: PDH precursor-related peptide 1; Pigment-dispersing hormone 1 (PDH 1)].
Source organismCallinectes sapidus (Blue crab)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura;Eubrachyura; Portunoidea; Portunidae; Callinectes.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the arthropod PDH family.
Tissue SpecificityEyestalk sinus gland
Post translational modificationN/A
Function Causes the migration of the distal retinal pigment into the proximal end of the pigment chromatophore cells and thus decreases the amount of light entering the retinulas. May also function as a neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator
Protein Length78 Amino acids
Molecular weight8539
References1  PubMed abstract 7999056
Domain NamePigment_DH  
Hormone NamePigment-dispersing hormone 1
Mature Hormone SequenceNSELINSILGLPKVMNDA
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein18 Residues from position (58-75)
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