leucine-enkephalin


leu·cine–en·keph·a·lin

noun \ˈlü-ˌsēn-en-ˈkef-ə-lən\

Definition of LEUCINE-ENKEPHALIN

: a pentapeptide having a terminal leucine residue that is one of the two enkephalins occurring naturally in the brain—called also Leu-enkephalin

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