| Literature DB >> 7287299 |
P C Montecucchi, R de Castiglione, S Piani, L Gozzini, V Erspamer.
Abstract
Dermorphin, a heptapeptide with very potent opiate-like activity, has been isolated from methanol extracts of the skin of the South American frog Phyllomedusa sauvagei. The amino acid sequence of the peptide is: H-Try-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-Tyr-Pro-Ser-NH2. Dermorphin presents striking differences from the known enkephalins; it offers a surprising example of a peptide from Vertebrata containing a D-amino acid residue in its sequence.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7287299 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1981.tb01993.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Pept Protein Res ISSN: 0367-8377