Product name:Human ENK ELISA Kit
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An enkephalin is a pentapeptide ending with either leucine ('leu') or methionine ('met'). Both are products of the proenkephalin gene. Enkephalins play many roles in regulating pain.
There are three well-characterized families of opioid peptides produced by the body: enkephalins, endorphins and dynorphins. After having found and named these peptides their genes were sequenced, and it was found that the met-enkephalin peptide sequence is coded for by both the enkephalin gene and the endorphin gene (also known as the POMC gene) and that the leu-enkephalin peptide sequence is coded for by both the enkephalin gene and the dynorphin gene.