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D L Kilpatrick, T Taniguchi, B N Jones, A S Stern, J E Shively, J Hullihan, S Kimura, S Stein, S Udenfriend.
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.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6265943 PMCID: PMC319542 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.5.3265
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205