Opioid Peptides
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.
Year introduced: 1995
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Tree Number(s): D12.644.400.575, D12.776.631.650.575
MeSH Unique ID: D018847
Entry Terms:
- Peptides, Opioid
- Opioid Peptide
- Peptide, Opioid
- Opiate Peptides
- Peptides, Opiate
- Opiates, Endogenous
- Endogenous Opiates
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