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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > Opioid Peptides > Endorphins > alpha-Endorphin
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Pro-Opiomelanocortin > alpha-Endorphin
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alpha-Endorphin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • beta-Endorphin (1-16)
  • Endorphin, alpha

Scope note

  • An endogenous opioid peptide derived from BETA-LIPOTROPIN of the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) system. It is the 16-amino acid sequence of the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN and differs from GAMMA-ENDORPHIN by one amino acid (beta-endorphin 1-17).

History note

  • 95; was ALPHA-ENDORPHIN (NM) 1980-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018822

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