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HMRbase accession number10054
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ23757 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionRed pigment-concentrating prohormone precursor [Contains: Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH); RPCH-related peptide].
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 AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
Function This hormone adapts the animal to light backgrounds by stimulating concentration of the pigment of its red body-chromatophores
Protein Length109 Amino acids
Molecular weight10929
References1  PubMed abstract 7611999
2   Martinez F., Valdez J., Zinker S., Arechiga H.; Submitted (OCT-1997) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Domain NameN/A
Hormone NameRed pigment-concentrating hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFSPGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein8 Residues from position (26-33)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
Drugpediawiki
Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated


Search Result - 2

HMRbase accession number10056
Swiss-prot Accession numberQ26324 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionRed pigment-concentrating prohormone precursor [Contains: Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH); RPCH-related peptide].
Source organismCarcinus maenas (Common shore crab) (Green crab)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura;Eubrachyura; Portunoidea; Portunidae; Carcinus.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionThis hormone adapts the animal to light backgrounds by stimulating concentration of the pigment of its red body-chromatophores
Protein Length110 Amino acids
Molecular weight10998
References1  PubMed abstract 8373416
Domain NameN/A
Hormone NameRed pigment-concentrating hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFSPGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein8 Residues from position (26-33)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
Drugpediawiki
Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated


Search Result - 3

HMRbase accession number10416
Swiss-prot Accession numberP08939 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionRed pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH).
Source organismPandalus borealis (Northern red shrimp)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Caridea; Pandaloidea;Pandalidae; Pandalus.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionThis hormone adapts the animal to light backgrounds by stimulating concentration of the pigment of its red body-chromatophores
Protein Length8 Amino acids
Molecular weight948
References1  PubMed abstract 4433569
Domain NameN/A
Hormone NameRed pigment-concentrating hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceQLNFSPGW
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein8 Residues from position (1-8)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
Drugpediawiki
Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated