Pancreastatin

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

**Definition:** Pancreastatin (48 aa, ~5 kDa) is encoded by the human CHGA gene. This protein is released from the full length chromogranin-A protein by caspase cleavage and plays a role in the inhibition of the release of chromogranin-A, parathyroid hormone and somatostatin.

**Synonyms:** - Chromogranin-A 272-319 Peptide