Term Information

Accession
GO:0017045
Name
corticotropin-releasing hormone activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
adrenocorticotropin-releasing hormone
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The action characteristic of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), any of a number of peptides released by the mammalian hypothalamus into the hypophyseal-portal circulation in response to neural and/or chemical stimuli. Upon receptor binding, CRH increases the rate of corticotropin secretion by the anterior pituitary. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0017045 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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corticotropin-releasing hormone activity [is_a relation] is_a  hormone activity (GO:0005179)

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