"Enkephalin, Methionine" 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 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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004744
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.575.281.381 D12.776.631.650.575.281.381
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| Concept/Terms |
Enkephalin, Methionine- Enkephalin, Methionine
- Methionine Enkephalin
- Met-Enkephalin
- Met Enkephalin
- Met(5)-Enkephalin
- 5-Methionine Enkephalin
- 5 Methionine Enkephalin
- Enkephalin, 5-Methionine
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| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enkephalin, Methionine" by people in Profiles.
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Chronic exposure to the opioid growth factor, [Met5]-enkephalin, during pregnancy: maternal and preweaning effects. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2002 Jan-Feb; 71(1-2):171-81.
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Naloxone blocks transferred preconditioning in isolated rabbit hearts. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001 Sep; 33(9):1751-6.
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Role of substance P in neutral endopeptidase modulation of hypoxic response of the carotid body. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2000; 475:705-13.
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Involvement of substance P in neutral endopeptidase modulation of carotid body sensory responses to hypoxia. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2000 Jan; 88(1):195-202.
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The pharmacological modification of secretory responses. Ciba Found Symp. 1985; 112:155-74.
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Enhancement of natural cytotoxicity by beta-endorphin. J Immunol. 1983 Apr; 130(4):1658-62.