corticotropin-releasing hormone activity

id: GO:0017045
name: corticotropin-releasing hormone activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

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