 Enkephalin, Leucine
"Enkephalin, Leucine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the endogenous pentapeptides with morphine-like activity. It differs from MET-ENKEPHALIN in the LEUCINE at position 5. Its first four amino acid sequence is identical to the tetrapeptide sequence at the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D004743
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.575.281.231 D12.776.631.650.575.281.231
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| Concept/Terms |
Enkephalin, Leucine- Enkephalin, Leucine
- Leucine Enkephalin
- 5-Leucine Enkephalin
- 5 Leucine Enkephalin
- Enkephalin, 5-Leucine
- Leu(5)-Enkephalin
- Leu-Enkephalin
- Leu Enkephalin
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Hoffman PL, Tabakoff B. Ethanol does not modify opiate-mediated inhibition of striatal adenylate cyclase. J Neurochem. 1986 Mar; 46(3):812-6.
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Gillespie MN, Krechniak JW, Crooks PA, Altiere RJ, Olson JW. Pulmonary metabolism of exogenous enkephalins in isolated perfused rat lungs. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1985 Mar; 232(3):675-81.
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Hoffman PL, Chung CT, Tabakoff B. Effects of ethanol, temperature, and endogenous regulatory factors on the characteristics of striatal opiate receptors. J Neurochem. 1984 Oct; 43(4):1003-10.
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Schulman JA, Finger TE, Brecha NC, Karten HJ. Enkephalin immunoreactivity in Golgi cells and mossy fibers of mammalian, avian, amphibian and teleost cerebellum. Neuroscience. 1981; 6(11):2407-16.
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