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  • noun biochemistry A gene that is a precursor for leuenkephalin and metenkephalin.

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pro- +‎ enkephalin

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Examples

  • An enzyme that converts proenkephalin, a precursor, to enkephalin.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • An enzyme that converts proenkephalin, a precursor, to enkephalin.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • In the first experiment, with a proenkephalin probe, the patterns were all the same.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • In the first experiment, with a proenkephalin probe, the patterns were all the same.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • So - e lution conformation of the synthetic bovine proenkephalin-A209-237 by

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows dillmannbd 2010

  • So - e lution conformation of the synthetic bovine proenkephalin-A209-237 by

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows dillmannbd 2010

  • The zinc-stimulated HEL acyltransferase did not octanoylate proenkephalin, proopiomelanocortin, His-tagged proghrelin, or proghrelin lacking the amino-terminal His-tag stub of Gly-Ala-Met.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • GAM-proghrelin; lanes 5 and 6, mouse POMC; lanes 7 and 8, rat proenkephalin; lanes 9 and 10, ACTH.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Akihiko Ozawa et al. 2009

  • Figure 7A demonstrates that two other peptide hormone precursors, POMC (proopiomelanocortin) and proenkephalin were not acylated - even though POMC is a known precursor of an acylated peptide, α-MSH.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Akihiko Ozawa et al. 2009

  • Figure 7A demonstrates that two other peptide hormone precursors, POMC (proopiomelanocortin) and proenkephalin were not acylated - even though POMC is a known precursor of an acylated peptide, α-MSH.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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