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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Methionine > N-Formylmethionine > N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
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N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine  

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Entry terms

  • Formylmethionyl Leucyl Phenylalanine
  • Formylmethionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine
  • Formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine
  • Formylmet Leu Phe
  • Formylmet-Leu-Phe
  • N Formyl Methionyl Leucyl Phenylalanine
  • N-Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine

Scope note

  • A formylated tripeptide originally isolated from bacterial filtrates that is positively chemotactic to polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and causes them to release lysosomal enzymes and become metabolically activated.

History note

  • 85; was N-FORMYL-METHIONYL-LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE 1984; CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE was see N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE 1984-90

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