A database of hormones and their receptors| A database of hormones and their receptors |
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| HMRbase accession number | 10615 |
| Swiss-prot Accession number | P55320 (Sequence in FASTA format) |
| Description | Gonad-inhibiting hormone precursor (GIH) (Vitellogenesis-inhibitinghormone) (VIH). |
| Source organism | Homarus americanus (American lobster) |
| Taxonomical Classification | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Astacidea;Nephropoidea; Nephropidae; Homarus. |
| Subcellular location | Secreted protein |
| Developmental Stage | N/A |
| Similarity | Belongs to the arthropod CHH/MIH/GIH/VIH hormone family. |
| Tissue Specificity | Produced in the eyestalk X-organ sinus gland complex of male and female lobsters |
| Post translational modification | N/A |
| Function | Inhibits vitellogenesis in female animals. Plays a prominent role in the regulation of reproduction/molting processes |
| Protein Length | 112 Amino acids |
| Molecular weight | 12841 |
| References | 1 PubMed abstract 7957869 2 PubMed abstract 1791922 |
| Domain Name | Crust_neurohorm |
| Hormone Name | Gonad-inhibiting hormone |
| Mature Hormone Sequence | ASAWFTNDECPGVMGNRDLYEKVAWVCNDCANIFRNNDVGVMCKKDCFHTMDFLWCVYATERHGEIDQFRKWVSILRA |
| Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein | 78 Residues from position (32-109) |
| 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 |