Adipokinetic hormone

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Contents 1 Description 2 Source Organism 3 Taxomomy 4 Subcellular Localization 5 Developmental Stage 6 Similarity 7 Post translational Modification 8 Function 9 GeneID

[edit] Description

Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) (Dipteran corpora cardiaca factor I) (DCCI).

[edit] Source Organism

Tabanus atratus (Horse fly).

[edit] Taxomomy

Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Endopterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Tabanomorpha; Tabanidae;Tabanus.

[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, released from cells in the corpora cardiaca after the beginning of flight, causes release of diglycerides from the fat body and then stimulates the flight muscles to use these diglycerides as an energy source

[edit] GeneID