Mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone 2

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[edit] Description

Mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone 2 (MOIH-2).

[edit] Source Organism

Cancer pagurus (Rock crab).

[edit] Taxomomy

Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura;Eubrachyura; Cancroidea; Cancridae; Cancer.

[edit] Subcellular Localization

Secreted protein.

[edit] Developmental Stage

[edit] Similarity

Belongs to the arthropod CHH/MIH/GIH/VIH hormone family.

[edit] Post translational Modification

[edit] Function

Represses the synthesis of methyl farnesoate, the precursor of insect juvenile hormone III in the mandibular organ

[edit] GeneID