Enkephalin
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proenkephalin
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | PENK |
| HUGO | 8831 |
| Entrez | 5179 |
| OMIM | 131330 |
| RefSeq | NM_006211 |
| UniProt | P01210 |
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| Locus | Chr. 8 q23-q24 |
An enkephalin is a a pentapeptide ending with either leucine ("leu") or methionine ("met"). Both are products of the proenkephalin gene.
- [Met]-enkephalin is Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met.
- [Leu]-enkephalin has Leu in place of Met.
Enkephalins play many roles in regulating pain.
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