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Opioid Peptides  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The endogenous peptides with opiate-like activity. The three major classes currently recognized are the ENKEPHALINS, the DYNORPHINS, and the ENDORPHINS. Each of these families derives from different precursors, proenkephalin, prodynorphin, and PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN, respectively. There are also at least three classes of OPIOID RECEPTORS, but the peptide families do not map to the receptors in a simple way.

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Synonym(s)

  • Opiate Peptides
  • Opioid Peptide

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z5X45RD7-Q

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