Enkephalin, Methionine

Synonyms

5 Methionine Enkephalin

5-Methionine Enkephalin

Enkephalin, 5-Methionine

Met Enkephalin

Met(5)-Enkephalin

Met-Enkephalin

Methionine Enkephalin

Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met

One of the endogenous pentapeptides with morphine-like activity. It differs from LEU-ENKEPHALIN by the amino acid METHIONINE in position 5. Its first four amino acid sequence is identical to the tetrapeptide sequence at the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN.