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met-enkephalin, n. Biochem.|ˌmɛtɛnˈkɛfəlɪn|
Also metenkephalin.
[ad. F. met-enképhaline (coined by R. Guillemin et al. 1976, in Compt. Rend. D. CCLXXXII. 784): cf. methionine n., enkephalin n.]
The enkephalin whose peptide chain ends with a methionine unit.
1976Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LXXIII. 2156/1 The newly isolated peptides met-enkephalin..and α-endorphin. 1976Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. LVIII. 459p/1 We have found that iontophoretically applied met-enkephalin..is predominantly depressant. 1985Sci. Amer. Oct. 119/1 Many features of neuropeptides are exemplified by the two enkephalins... One, called met-enkephalin, ends with methionine and the other, leu-enkephalin, with leucine. |