Somatostatin family

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]

Somatostatin/cortistatin family
Identifiers
SymbolSomatostatin
PfamPF03002
InterProIPR004250
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary
PDB1p2wA:99-116

Human proteins from this family

References
  1. 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. Bibcode:1996Natur.381..242D. doi:10.1038/381242a0. PMID 8622767. S2CID 3931102.
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