Somatostatin family
| Somatostatin/Cortistatin family | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Somatostatin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF03002 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR004250 | ||||||||
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The Somatostatin family is a protein family with somatostatin as titular member, a hormone which inhibits the release of the pituitary somatotropin (growth hormone), and inhibits the release of glucagon and insulin from the pancreas of fasted animals. Cortistatin is a cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties.[1]
Human proteins from this family
References
- ↑ De Lecea L, Danielson PE, Criado JR, Prospero-garcia O, Gautvik KM, Schweitzer P, Dunlop CL, Siggins GR, Henriksen SJ, Sutcliffe JG (1996). "A cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties". Nature 381 (6579): 242–245. doi:10.1038/381242a0. PMID 8622767.
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