Molecular Weight: 1638.73
CAS Number: 51110-01-1
Salt Form: TFA
Purity: >96%
Sequence (3-letter): Ala-Gly-Cys-Lys-Asn-Phe-Phe-Trp-Lys-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Cys-OH (Cys3-Cys14)
Sequence (1-letter): AGCKNFFWKTFTSC-OH
Storage: -20 °C or below
Somatostatin is made as a 116 aa precursor that is cleaved in 3 chains: somatostatin-28 (SST-28), somatostatin-14 (SST-14)and neuronostatin (NST). The Somatostatin, cyclic, peptide corresponds to SST-14 which derives from aa103-116 of the precursor and inhibits the secretion of pituitary hormones.