Enkephalin: Difference between revisions
From Proteopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
Michal Harel (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<StructureSection load='5E3A' size='400' side='right' caption='Structure of human | <StructureSection load='5E3A' size='400' side='right' caption='Structure of human dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (grey) in complex with opioid peptide leu-enkephalin (green) and Zn+2 (grey), Mg+2 (green) and K+ (purple) (PDB code [[5e3a]])' scene=''> | ||
== General function == | == General function == | ||
'''Enkephalins''' were the first reported evidence of endogenous opioids in the brain, by John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz in 1975 <ref>John Hughes, Terry Smith, Barry Morgan, Linda Fothergill, Purification and properties of enkephalin — The possible endogenous ligand for the morphine receptor, Life Sciences, | '''Enkephalins''' were the first reported evidence of endogenous opioids in the brain, by John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz in 1975 <ref>John Hughes, Terry Smith, Barry Morgan, Linda Fothergill, Purification and properties of enkephalin — The possible endogenous ligand for the morphine receptor, Life Sciences, | ||
