FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

hormone activity

ID (Ontology)

GO:0005179 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

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.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT
Genes (FBgn)	GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

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Full annotation statements	Gene Groups	Genes
hormone activity (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
enables \| hormone activity	--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  signaling receptor activator activity
   |__receptor ligand activity
       |__hormone activity  49 rec.
           |__corticotropin-releasing hormone activity
           |__digestive hormone activity
           |__diuretic hormone activity 4 rec.
           |__follicle-stimulating hormone activity
           |__gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone activity
           |__growth hormone activity
           |__growth hormone-releasing hormone activity
           |__melanin-concentrating hormone activity
           |__melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity
           |__myoinhibitory hormone activity 1 rec.
           |__myostimulatory hormone activity 2 rec.
           |__neuropeptide hormone activity 30 rec.
           |   |__ecdysiostatic hormone activity
           |   |__ecdysis-triggering hormone activity 3 rec.
           |   |__eclosion hormone activity 1 rec.
           |   |__neurohypophyseal hormone activity
           |   |__prothoracicotrophic hormone activity 1 rec.
           |__pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide activity
           |__thyrotropin-releasing hormone activity

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Relationships
Is a	receptor ligand activity
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"cAMP generating peptide activity" NARROW "glycopeptide hormone" NARROW "lipopeptide hormone" NARROW "peptide hormone" NARROW
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