Somatostatin Products

Description

The hormone somatostatin has active 14 aa and 28 aa forms that are produced by alternate cleavage of the single preproprotein encoded by this gene. Somatostatin is expressed throughout the body and inhibits the release of numerous secondary hormones by binding to high-affinity G-protein-coupled somatostatin receptors. This hormone is an important regulator of the endocrine system through its interactions with pituitary growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, and most hormones of the gastrointestinal tract. Somatostatin also affects rates of neurotransmission in the central nervous system and proliferation of both normal and tumorigenic cells. (provided by RefSeq)

Bioinformatics

Entrez	20604 Mouse 24797 Rat 6750 Human
Uniprot	NP_001039 Human P61278 Human
Product By Gene ID	6750
Alternate Names	Growth hormone release-inhibiting factor SMST somatostatin somatostatin-14 somatostatin-28

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