Diuretic 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

Diuretic hormone (DH) (Diuretic peptide) (DP).

[edit] Source Organism

Zootermopsis nevadensis (Dampwood termite).

[edit] Taxomomy

Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota;Neoptera; Orthopteroidea; Dictyoptera; Isoptera; Termopsidae;Zootermopsis.

[edit] Subcellular Localization

Secreted protein.

[edit] Developmental Stage

[edit] Similarity

Belongs to the sauvagine/corticotropin-releasing factor/urotensin I family.

[edit] Post translational Modification

[edit] Function

Regulation of fluid secretion. Stimulates primary urine secretion by Malpighian tubules and causes a dose-dependent stimulation of cAMP levels in the tubules

[edit] GeneID