The enkephalin that terminates in a methionine residue.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. From Met + enkephalin, after French met-enképhaline.
Definition of met-enkephalin in US English:
met-enkephalin
(also metenkephalin)
nounˌmɛtɛnˈkɛfəlɪn
Biochemistry
The enkephalin that terminates in a methionine residue.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. From Met + enkephalin, after French met-enképhaline.