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Science 26 February 1982:
Vol. 215. no. 4536, pp. 1125 - 1127
DOI: 10.1126/science.7063845
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Science, Vol 215, Issue 4536, 1125-1127
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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N-acetylation regulates the behavioral activity of alpha-melanotropin in a multineurotransmitter neuron

TL O'Donohye, GE Handelmann, RL Miller, and DM Jacobowitz

A multineurotransmitter neuronal system that synthesizes and secretes both acetylated and deacetylated forms of alpha-melantropin and beta-endorphin is present in rat and human brain. The N-acetylated from of alpha-melanotropin had more potent behavioral effects than the deacetylated alpha-melanotropin. In the case of beta-endorphin, however, the deacetylated form has been shown to be more potent than the acetylated form. Enzymatic N-acetylation appears to be an important regulatory process for modulating the behavioral activity of peptides secreted from the opiomelanotropinergic multineurotransmitter neuron.


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