"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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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 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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Porteous R, Petersen SL, Yeo SH, Bhattarai JP, Ciofi P, de Tassigny XD, Colledge WH, Caraty A, Herbison AE. Kisspeptin neurons co-express met-enkephalin and galanin in the rostral periventricular region of the female mouse hypothalamus. J Comp Neurol. 2011 Dec 01; 519(17):3456-69.
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Dickson EW, Ludwig PS, Ackermann LW, Buresh CT, Denning GM. Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7 (MEAP): a cardioprotective hormonal opioid. Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Aug; 13(8):813-9.
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Begotka BA, Hunsader JL, Oparaeche C, Vincent JK, Morris KF. A pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion investigation of enkephalin peptide-sodium dodecyl sulfate micelle association. Magn Reson Chem. 2006 Jun; 44(6):586-93.
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Ariano MA, Aronin N, Difiglia M, Tagle DA, Sibley DR, Leavitt BR, Hayden MR, Levine MS. Striatal neurochemical changes in transgenic models of Huntington's disease. J Neurosci Res. 2002 Jun 15; 68(6):716-29.
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Torrecilla M, Marker CL, Cintora SC, Stoffel M, Williams JT, Wickman K. G-protein-gated potassium channels containing Kir3.2 and Kir3.3 subunits mediate the acute inhibitory effects of opioids on locus ceruleus neurons. J Neurosci. 2002 Jun 01; 22(11):4328-34.
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Dickson EW, Blehar DJ, Carraway RE, Heard SO, Steinberg G, Przyklenk K. Naloxone blocks transferred preconditioning in isolated rabbit hearts. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001 Sep; 33(9):1751-6.
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Heagy W, Teng E, Lopez P, Finberg RW. Enkephalin receptors and receptor-mediated signal transduction in cultured human lymphocytes. Cell Immunol. 1999 Jan 10; 191(1):34-48.
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Heagy W, Duca K, Finberg RW. Enkephalins stimulate leukemia cell migration and surface expression of CD9. J Clin Invest. 1995 Sep; 96(3):1366-74.
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Heagy W, Shipp MA, Finberg RW. Opioid receptor agonists and Ca2+ modulation in human B cell lines. J Immunol. 1992 Dec 15; 149(12):4074-81.
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Heagy W, Laurance M, Cohen E, Finberg R. Neurohormones regulate T cell function. J Exp Med. 1990 May 01; 171(5):1625-33.