hormone activity
id: GO:0005179
name: hormone activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The action characteristic of a hormone, any substance formed in very small amounts in one specialized organ or group of cells and carried (sometimes in the bloodstream) to another organ or group of cells in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory action. The term was originally applied to agents with a stimulatory physiological action in vertebrate animals (as opposed to a chalone, which has a depressant action). Usage is now extended to regulatory compounds in lower animals and plants, and to synthetic substances having comparable effects; all bind receptors and trigger some biological process.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0005183 | gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone activity |
GO:0005184 | neuropeptide hormone activity |
GO:0008437 | thyrotropin-releasing hormone activity |
GO:0008613 | diuretic hormone activity |
GO:0016084 | myostimulatory hormone activity |
GO:0016085 | myoinhibitory hormone activity |
GO:0016521 | pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide activity |
GO:0016608 | growth hormone-releasing hormone activity |
GO:0016913 | follicle-stimulating hormone activity |
GO:0017044 | melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity |
GO:0017045 | corticotropin-releasing hormone activity |
GO:0030354 | melanin-concentrating hormone activity |
GO:0046659 | digestive hormone activity |
GO:0070186 | growth hormone activity |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0005102 | receptor binding |