Reference Gene

Gene name Alias Species Exons Type Paralogs EC number OMIM
CORT cortistatin SST2 , CST-14 , CST-17 , CST-29 Homo sapiens 2 protein-coding 602784

Summary

This gene encodes a neuropeptide that is structurally similar to somatostatin. It binds to all known somatostatin receptors, and shares many pharmacological and functional properties with somatostatin, including the depression of neuronal activity. However, it also has many properties distinct from somatostatin, such as induction of slow-wave sleep, apparently by antagonism of the excitatory effects of acetylcholine on the cortex, reduction of locomotor activity, and activation of cation selective currents not responsive to somatostatin. The preproprotein undergoes further processing into multiple mature products. Read-through transcripts exist between this gene and the upstream APITD1 (apoptosis-inducing, TAF9-like domain 1) gene, as represented in GeneID:100526739. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]

GeneOntology

Gene Loss events - CORT (63 results)

GL_ID Species Order Gene Loss Mechanism Loss Type Lineage Specific Citation
GL_D0I8QT Manis javanica Pholidota LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Pholidota 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_D0UNTP Heterohyrax brucei Hyracoidea LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_D5EANL Orcinus orca Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Delphinidae 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_D95CWE Canis lupus familiaris Carnivora LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_DWWIXF Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Carnivora LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_DWZVOD Choloepus hoffmanni Pilosa LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_E8CJY9 Tapirus indicus Perissodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_EAUFKA Myrmecophaga tridactyla Pilosa LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_F6BTFZ Phocoena phocoena Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Phocoenidae 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_FN3UGO Platanista gangetica Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Undetermined No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002