Somatotropin family
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| Somatotropin hormone family | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Hormone_1 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00103 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR001400 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00239 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1huw / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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The Somatotropin family is a protein family whose titular representative is somatotropin, also known as growth hormone, a hormone that plays an important role in growth control.[1] Other members include choriomammotropin (lactogen), its placental analogue;[2] prolactin, which promotes lactation in the mammary gland, and placental prolactin-related proteins;[3] proliferin and proliferin related protein;[4] and somatolactin from various fishes.[5][6] The 3D structure of bovine somatotropin has been predicted using a combination of heuristics and energy minimisation.[7]