Somatotropin is a hormone that plays an important role in growth control. It belongs to a family that includes choriomammotropin (lactogen), its placental analogue; prolactin

Prolactin

Prolactin also known as luteotropic hormone is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRL gene.Prolactin is a peptide hormone discovered by Henry Friesen...

, which promotes lactation in the mammary gland, and placental prolactin-related proteins; proliferin and proliferin related protein; and somatolactin from various fish. The 3D structure of bovine somatotropin has been predicted using a combination of heuristics and energy minimisation.

Human peptides from this family

CSH1; CSH2; CSHL1; GH1

Growth hormone 1

Somatotropin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GH1 gene.-Further reading:...

; GH2; PRL

Prolactin

Prolactin also known as luteotropic hormone is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRL gene.Prolactin is a peptide hormone discovered by Henry Friesen...

; hGH-V;