ENKEPHALIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enkephalin mean? 

• ENKEPHALIN (noun)
  The noun ENKEPHALIN has 1 sense:

1. an endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere

  Familiarity information: ENKEPHALIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENKEPHALIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("enkephalin" is a kind of...):

endorphin (a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in Met-enkephalin binding and downstream effects.

(Opioid Growth Factor Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in binding to Met-enkephalin.

(OGFR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

These effects are attributed to the peptides Tyr-Gly and Tyr-Gly-Gly, which are identical to the N-terminal end of the enkephalins.

(IMREG-1, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells secrete serotonin, substance P, and enkephalins.

(Enterochromaffin Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Other polypeptide ligands of GPCRs include vasopressin, oxytocin, somatostatin, neuropeptide Y, GnRH, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, parathyroid hormone, orexins, urotensin II, endorphins, enkephalins, and many others.

(Bioactive Peptide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)