A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10449 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P25418 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Adipokinetic hormone (AKH). |
| Source organism | Libellula auripennis (Golden-winged skimmer) (Skimmer dragonfly) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Palaeoptera; Odonata; Anisoptera; Libellulidae; Libellula. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted protein |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family. |
| Tissue Specificity | N/A |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | This 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 Length | 8 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 978 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 2390213 |
| Domain Name | N/A |
| Hormone Name | Adipokinetic hormone |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | QVNFTPSW |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 8 Residues from position (1-8) |
| Receptor | N/A |
| Gene ID | N/A |
| PDB ID | N/A |
| Drugpedia | wiki |
| Comments | !Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated |