title: N-terminal Leu-enkephalin rearrangements.
abstract: The synthesis of H-Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-OH (Leu-enkephalin), endogenus peptide with opiate-like activity, and two rearrangements concerning Leu-enkephalin N-terminus are described.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004590:Electrophoresis, Paper; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007930:Leucine; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010443:Peptide Chain Termination, Translational
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D007930:Leucine