melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity

id: GO:0017044
name: melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The action characteristic of melanocyte-stimulating hormone, any of three peptide hormones that are produced by the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland and, upon receptor binding, cause dispersal of melanosomes in melanophores of poikilothermic vertebrates.

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