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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Opioid Peptides > Enkephalins > Enkephalin, Methionine
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Enkephalin, Methionine  

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  • 5 Methionine Enkephalin
  • 5-Methionine Enkephalin
  • Enkephalin, 5-Methionine
  • Met(5)-Enkephalin
  • Met Enkephalin
  • Met-Enkephalin
  • Methionine Enkephalin

Scope note

  • One of the endogenous pentapeptides with morphine-like activity. It differs from LEU-ENKEPHALIN by the amino acid METHIONINE in position 5. Its first four amino acid sequence is identical to the tetrapeptide sequence at the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN.

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