enkelytin

English

Noun

enkelytin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An antibacterial peptide produced by adrenal medullary chromaffin granules
   • 2015 April 2, Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye et al., “Reactive Oxygen Species, Apoptosis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Inflammatory Diseases”, in Pharmaceuticals‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     They commonly comprise peptides resulting from the processing of neuropeptide precursors like pro-enkephalin-A, to give active peptide B and enkelytin; many of which are phosphorylated.