AmiGO 2: Term Details for "melanin-concentrating hormone activity" (GO:0030354)

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Accession: GO:0030354
Name: melanin-concentrating hormone activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The action characteristic of melanin-concentrating hormone, a cyclic peptide hormone that, upon receptor binding, induces melanin aggregation in melanocytes, and is also involved in regulating food intake and energy balance in mammals. Source: PMID:9792536, PMID:11416225, GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0030354 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0065007 biological regulation
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0005488 binding
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0098772 molecular function regulator activity
GO:0050789 regulation of biological process
GO:0050896 response to stimulus
GO:0007154 cell communication
GO:0051716 cellular response to stimulus
GO:0140677 molecular function activator activity
GO:0060089 molecular transducer activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0050794 regulation of cellular process
GO:0023052 signaling
GO:0030545 signaling receptor regulator activity
GO:0007165 signal transduction
GO:0030546 signaling receptor activator activity
GO:0038023 signaling receptor activity
GO:0005102 signaling receptor binding
GO:0048018 receptor ligand activity
GO:0005179 hormone activity
GO:0030354 melanin-concentrating hormone activity

Parents of melanin-concentrating hormone activity (GO:0030354)

subject	relation	object
melanin-concentrating hormone activity	is_a	hormone activity (GO:0005179)

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