Red pigment-concentrating hormone
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Red pigment-concentrating prohormone precursor [Contains: Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH); RPCH-related peptide]. | Red pigment-concentrating prohormone precursor [Contains: Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH); RPCH-related peptide]. | ||
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[edit] Description
Red pigment-concentrating prohormone precursor [Contains: Red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH); RPCH-related peptide].
[edit] Source Organism
Callinectes sapidus (Blue crab).
[edit] Taxomomy
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura;Eubrachyura; Portunoidea; Portunidae; Callinectes.
[edit] Subcellular Localization
Secreted protein.
[edit] Developmental Stage
[edit] Similarity
Belongs to the AKH/HRTH/RPCH family.
[edit] Post translational Modification
[edit] Function
This hormone adapts the animal to light backgrounds by stimulating concentration of the pigment of its red body-chromatophores
