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HMRbase accession number10700
Swiss-prot Accession numberP08871 (Sequence in FASTA format)
DescriptionPigment-dispersing hormone (PDH) (Beta-PDH) (Light-adapting distalretinal pigment hormone) (DRPH).
Source organismUca pugilator (Atlantic sand fiddler crab) (Celuca pugilator)
Taxonomical ClassificationEukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca;Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Brachyura;Eubrachyura; Ocypodoidea; Ocypodidae; Ocypodinae; Uca complex; Celuca.
Subcellular locationSecreted protein
Developmental StageN/A
Similarity Belongs to the arthropod PDH family.
Tissue SpecificityN/A
Post translational modification N/A
FunctionCauses the migration of the distal retinal pigment into the proximal end of the pigment chromatophore cells and thus decreases the amount of light entering the retinulas
Protein Length18 Amino acids
Molecular weight1928
References1  PubMed abstract 16593589
2  PubMed abstract 8472537
Domain NamePigment_DH  
Hormone NamePigment-dispersing hormone
Mature Hormone SequenceNSELINSILGLPKVMNDA
Position of mature hormone in Pre-Hormone protein18 Residues from position (1-18)
ReceptorN/A
Gene IDN/A
PDB IDN/A
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Comments!Receptor for this Hormone are either unknown or have not yet been curated