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Abstract
The interaction of morphine and leucine-enkephalin with the binding site labeled by [3H]naloxone in the presence of sodium was compared. The effect of fixed concentrations of morphine and leucine enkephalin on the saturation binding of [3H]naloxone demonstrated that whereas morphine was a competitive inhibitor, leucine enkephalin caused a dose-dependent masking of binding sites. From these data we conclude that the enkephalin receptor is allosterically coupled to the morphine receptor.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6268425 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(81)90577-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432