| Literature DB >> 6276759 |
M Noda, Y Furutani, H Takahashi, M Toyosato, T Hirose, S Inayama, S Nakanishi, S Numa.
Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for preproenkephalin from bovine adrenal medulla indicates that the precursor protein contains four copies of Met-enkephalin and one copy each of Leu-enkephalin, Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7 and Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8, a previously undetected opioid peptide. The enkephalin and extended enkephalin sequences are each bounded by paired basic amino acid residues. Preproenkephalin may represent a multi-hormone precursor, like the corticotropin-beta-lipotropin precursor.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6276759 DOI: 10.1038/295202a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962