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_LHKTNJ Physeter catodon Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_MVMED1 Panthera pardus Carnivora LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_MXQOH4 Tursiops truncatus Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Delphinidae 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_NFF0FV Dasypus novemcinctus Cingulata LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_NNVACN Monodon monoceros Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Monodontidae 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_OJOMUU Phataginus tricuspis Pholidota LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Pholidota 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_QVGJIO Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Chiroptera LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_RAARRR Canis lupus dingo Carnivora LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_RXANXN Balaenoptera musculus Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full No 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002
GL_UKK4LM Tursiops aduncus Artiodactyla LOF (frameshift, premature stop, ss) Full Delphinidae 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.002