A highly potent 3200-dalton adrenal opioid peptide that contains both a [Met]- and [Leu]enkephalin sequence.
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 78 (5) , 3265-3268
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.78.5.3265
Abstract
A 3200-dalton adrenal enkephalin-containing peptide, designated peptide E, that exhibits high opiate activity in the guinea pig ileum longitudinal muscle preparation was purified, and its structure was determined. It contains an amino-terminal [Met]enkephalin sequence and a [Leu]enkephalin sequence at the carboxyl terminus. Sequence analysis revealed that peptide E arises from a previously characterized 4900-dalton adrenal enkephalin-containing peptide. Peptide E was shown to be 30 times more potent than [Met]enkephalin in the guinea pig ileum assay, which suggests that the adrenal enkephalin-containing peptide may perform a unique biological function in vivo.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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