Look up pentapeptide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pentapeptide may refer to: An oligopeptide formed from five amino acids Pentapeptide repeat This...

Palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 (palmitoyl pentapeptide-3 before 2006) is a matrikine used in anti-wrinkle cosmetics. It was launched in 2000 as an active ingredient...

In enzymology, a phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (EC 2.7.8.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction...

gp120. It may be useful as antiviral agent in AIDS therapy. The core pentapeptide sequence, TTNYT, consisting of amino acids 4-8 in peptide T, is the HIV...

Pancreatic PolYpeptide Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) peptides Enkephalin pentapeptides Prodynorphin peptides Calcitonin Amylin AGG01 Aromatic short peptides...

Pentapeptide repeats are a family of sequence motifs found in multiple tandem copies in protein molecules. Pentapeptide repeat proteins are found in all...

secretagogue receptor (GHS) and a growth hormone secretagogue. It is a pentapeptide with the amino acid sequence Aib-His-D-2-Nal-D-Phe-Lys-NH2 that was derived...

An enkephalin is a pentapeptide involved in regulating nociception (pain sensation) in the body. The enkephalins are termed endogenous ligands, as they...

peptidoglycan biosynthesis, uridine diphosphate-N-acetylmuramic acid pentapeptide (UDP-MurNAc) is formed in which the fourth and fifth amino acids are...

structures include the three-residue collagen repeat or the five-residue pentapeptide repeat that forms a beta helix structure. Depending on the length of...