Met-enkephalin molecule. Enkephalins are small peptides that play a role in pain sensation.


Met-enkephalin molecule. Enkephalins are small peptides that play a role in pain sensation and that are natural, endogenous ligands of opioid receptors. Atoms are represented as spheres with conventional color coding: hydrogen (white), carbon (grey), oxygen (red), nitrogen (blue), sulfur (yellow).


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