Somatostatin
BE0001070ProteinHumansSST
Inhibits the secretion of pituitary hormones, including that of growth hormone/somatotropin (GH1), PRL, ACTH, luteinizing hormone (LH) and TSH. It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SST
- UniProtKB entry
- P61278Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 116 residues · 12,735 Da
- Also known as
- Growth hormone release-inhibiting factor
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Somatostatin, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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