Biology:Somatostatin family
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| Somatostatin/cortistatin family | |||||||||||
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| 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
- Cortistatin (CORT)
- Somatostatin (SST)
References
- ↑ "A cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and sleep-modulating properties". Nature 381 (6579): 242–245. 1996. doi:10.1038/381242a0. PMID 8622767. Bibcode: 1996Natur.381..242D.
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