| Type: | Family | Name: | Somatotropin hormone |
| Description: | 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, 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 []. | Short Name: | Somatotropin |
