| Primary information |
|---|
| ID | 11614 |
| Uniprot ID | B3EWG1 |
| Description | Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) |
| Organism | Penaeus merguiensis |
| Txonomy | Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Crustacea; Multicrustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Dendrobranchiata; Penaeoidea; Penaeidae (penaeid shrimps); Penaeus; Penaeus merguiensis (Banana prawn) (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) |
| Subcellular Location | Secreted |
| Developmental Stage | NA |
| Similarity | Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family. |
| Tissue Specificity | NA |
| Post Translational Modification | NA |
| Function | This hormone adapts the animal to light backgrounds by stimulating concentration of the pigment of its red body-chromatophores. |
| Length | 8 |
| Molecular Weight | 948 |
| Name | Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) |
| Sequence | QLNFSPGW |
| Sequence map | 8 |
| PDB ID | NA |
| Drugpedia | NA |
| Receptor | NA |
| Domain | NA |
| Pharmaceutical Use | NA
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