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Peptide vs Metenkephalin - What's the difference?

peptide | metenkephalin |

As nouns the difference between peptide and metenkephalin

is that peptide is while metenkephalin is (biochemistry) an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in many parts of the animal and human body; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being leuenkephalin).

peptide

English

(wikipedia peptide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
  • (biochemistry) The peptide bond itself.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * dipeptide * lipopeptide * mucopeptide * neuropeptide * octapeptide * pentapeptide * peptide chain * polypeptide * tripeptide ----

    metenkephalin

    English

    (Met-enkephalin)

    Alternative forms

    * met-enkephalin

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in many parts of the animal and human body; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being leuenkephalin)
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    • , passage=PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin. }}

    Synonyms

    * OGF, opioid growth factor