| Primary information |
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| ID | 12502 |
| Uniprot ID | P84118 |
| Description | Bursicon (Bursicon subunit alpha) (Cuticle-tanning hormone) (Fragments) |
| Organism | Periplaneta americana |
| Txonomy | Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota (winged insects); Neoptera; Polyneoptera; Dictyoptera; Blattodea (cockroaches); Blattoidea; Blattidae (American cockroach family); Blattinae; Periplaneta; Periplaneta americana (American cockroach) (Blatta americana) |
| Subcellular Location | Secreted |
| Developmental Stage | NA |
| Similarity | NA |
| Tissue Specificity | Central nervous system. Coexpressed with CCAP in most CCAP-specific neurons. Coexpressed with pburs in the large bilateral lateral neurosecretory neurons of the first three unfused abdominal ganglia a |
| Post Translational Modification | NA |
| Function | Final heterodimeric neurohormone released at the end of the molting cycle; involved in the sclerotization (tanning) of the insect cuticle; melanization and wing spreading. |
| Length | 81 |
| Molecular Weight | 8 |
| Name | Bursicon |
| Sequence | NA |
| Sequence map | NA |
| PDB ID | NA |
| Drugpedia | NA |
| Receptor | NA |
| Domain | NA |
| Pharmaceutical Use | NA
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