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 | |||||||||||
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Symbol | Somatostatin | ||||||||||
Pfam | PF03002 | ||||||||||
InterPro | IPR004250 | ||||||||||
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