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Spinorphin is an endogenous non-classical opioid peptide of the hemorphin family first isolated from the bovine spinal cord (hence the prefix spin-) and acts as a regulator of the enkephalinases a class of enzymes that break down endogenous the enkephalin peptides. It does so by inhibiting the enzymes aminopeptidase N (APN) dipeptidyl peptidase III (DPP3) angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and neutral endopeptidase (NEP).

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IUPAC name
(L)-leucyl-(L)-valyl-(L)-valyl-(L)-tyrosyl-(L)-prolyl-(L)-tryptophyl-(L)-threonine

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