morphogenetic neuropeptide or head activator (HA)

Function: - autocrine growth factor for neural cells in the G2/mitosis transition (putative) Expression: - found in mammalian intestine & hypothalamus Note: - first isolated from nerve cells of hydra & was called head activator by the authors, because it induced head-specific growth & differentiation in this animal

General

growth factor peptide

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 11 aa MW = 1 kD

References

swiss-prot P01163