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- An enkephalin is a pentapeptide involved in regulating nociception (pain sensation) in the body. The enkephalins are termed endogenous ligands, as they...
- short duration. It is one of the two forms of enkephalin, the other being leu-enkephalin. The enkephalins are considered to be the primary endogenous ligands...
- Leu-enkephalin is an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter with the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu that is found naturally in the brains...
- Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for the discovery of met-enkephalin and leu-enkephalin. This discovery demonstrated that opiate drugs exert their effects...
- via proteolyic cleavage, produces the enkephalin peptides met-enkephalin, and to a lesser extent, leu-enkephalin. Upon cleavage, each proenkephalin peptide...
- receptors with opioids as ligands. The endogenous opioids are dynorphins, enkephalins, endorphins, endomorphins and nociceptin. The opioid receptors are ~40%...
- Carboxypeptidase E (CPE), also known as carboxypeptidase H (CPH) and enkephalin convertase, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPE gene. This...
- Kosterlitz. They isolated "enkephalins" (from the Gr**** εγκέφαλος) from pig brain, identified as Met-enkephalin and Leu-enkephalin. This came after the discovery...
- α-Neoendorphin β-Neoendorphin Structures DADLE DAMGO Deltorphin  Met-enkephalin Leu-enkephalin Structures Proenkephalin Proendorphin Proopiomelanocortin Adrenorphin...
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