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Biased Metropolis Sampling for Rugged Free Energy Landscapes [PDF]
, 2003 Metropolis simulations of all-atom models of peptides (i.e. small proteins) are considered. Inspired by the funnel picture of Bryngelson and Wolyness, a transformation of the updating probabilities of the dihedral angles is defined, which uses ...
Berg, Bernd A.
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Killing effect of methionine enkephalin on melanoma in vivo and in vitro
Oncology Report, 2017 Melanoma is a common cutaneous malignancy, that is also found in specific mucosal sites, and is associated with a poor prognosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the cytotoxicity of methionine enkephalin (MENK) for B16 melanoma cells in ...
Dong-mei Wang +6 more
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Angewandte Chemie, Volume 137, Issue 27, July 1, 2025.Human synenkephalin [1–53] (hSYN), an analogue peptide of shrew saliva neurotoxins, was synthesized and its structural characteristics studied. Synthetic hSYN potently activated the T‐type voltage‐gated Ca channel hCav3.2 but did not paralyze mealworms. These findings offer new insight into neurological disorder treatment and evolutionary mechanisms of
Ryo Fukuoka +5 more
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Cell Transplantation, 2013 Transplantation of allogeneic adrenal chromaffin cells demonstrated the promise of favorable outcomes for pain relief in patients. However, there is a very limited availability of suitable human adrenal gland tissues, genetically well-matched donors in ...
T. Qu M.D., Ph.D. +5 more
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Cell Transplantation, 2006 We have reported that transplantation of adrenal medullary chromaffin cells that release endogenous opioid peptides into pain modulatory regions in the CNS produce significant antinociceptive effects in patients with terminal cancer pain.
Ikuko Sugaya +3 more
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Met-enkephalin-induced mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ in rat intracardiac ganglion neurones [PDF]
, 1999 The effects of Met-enkephalin on Ca2+-dependent K+ channel activity were investigated using the cell-attached patch recording technique on isolated parasympathetic neurones of rat intracardiac ganglia. Large-conductance, Ca2+-dependent K+ channels (BKCa)
Adams +18 more
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Biomimetic Chemistry on Tandem Protein/Lipid Damages under Reductive Radical Stress
CHIMIA, 2008 The study of radical stress in the biological environment needs a comprehensive vision of all possible reactive species and their mechanisms. Among them, reductive stress is evaluated for its selective target of sulfur-containing compounds.
Sílvia Atrian +8 more
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Inhibition of the growth of human melanoma cells by methionine enkephalin
Molecular Medicine Reports, 2016 Melanoma is an aggressive cancer, the incidence of which is increasing worldwide. Limited therapies are currently available, particularly following metastasis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the inhibiting effect of methionine enkephalin
Dong-mei Wang +8 more
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Opioid precursor protein isoform is targeted to the cell nuclei in the human brain [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Neuropeptide precursors are traditionally viewed as proteins giving rise to small neuropeptide molecules. Prodynorphin (PDYN) is the precursor protein to dynorphins, endogenous ligands for the kappa-opioid receptor.
Alkass, Kanar +15 more
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Three-dimensional structure of monoanionic methionine-enkephalin: X-ray structure of tert-butyloxycarbonyl-Tyr-Gly-Gly-(4-bromo)Phe-Met-OH [PDF]
, 1984 The conformation of tert-butyloxycarbonyl-Tyr-Gly-Gly-(4-bromo)Phe-Met-OH, as a monoanionic derivative of Met-enkephalin, was elucidated by X-ray crystal analysis. The molecule took an extended conformation which was bended at the Phe residue.
Doi, Mitsunobu +6 more
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