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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > beta-Endorphin
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Preferred term

beta-Endorphin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • beta-Endorphin (1-31)
  • Endorphin, beta

Scope note

  • A 31-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. It acts on OPIOID RECEPTORS and is an analgesic. Its first four amino acids at the N-terminal are identical to the tetrapeptide sequence of METHIONINE ENKEPHALIN and LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN.

History note

  • 1988 (1985)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001615

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