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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > Opioid Peptides > Dynorphins

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Dynorphins  

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Entry terms

  • Dynorphin

Scope note

  • A class of opioid peptides including dynorphin A, dynorphin B, and smaller fragments of these peptides. Dynorphins prefer kappa-opioid receptors (RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA) and have been shown to play a role as central nervous system transmitters.

History note

  • 95; was DYNORPHIN 1985-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004399

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