Dermorphin
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| Molar mass | 802.886 g·mol−1 |
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Dermorphin is a hepta-peptide first isolated from the skin of South American frogs belonging to the genus Phyllomedusa.[1] The peptide is an agonist with high potency and selectivity to mu opioid receptors.[2][3] Dermorphin is about 30–40 times more potent than morphine.[4] The amino acid sequence of dermorphin is H-Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-Tyr-Pro-Ser-NH2.
Dermorphin is not found in humans or other mammals and similar D-amino acid containing peptides have only been found in bacteria, amphibians, and molluscs.[5] Dermorphin appears to be made via the posttranslational modification of a precursor peptide by an amino acid isomerase.[6] This unusual process is needed because the D-alanine in this peptide is not part of the standard genetic code.
Illicit use
Dermorphin has been illegally used in horse racing as a performance-enhancing drug. Due to dermorphin's painkilling activity, horses treated with dermorphin may run harder than they would otherwise.[7]
See also
- CyRL-QN15
- Deltorphin
- Deltorphin I
- KGOP01
- Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Melchiorri P, Negri L (1996). "The dermorphin peptide family". Gen. Pharmacol. 27 (7): 1099–107. doi:10.1016/0306-3623(95)02149-3. PMID 8981054.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Amiche M, Delfour A, Nicolas P (1998). "Opioid peptides from frog skin". D-Amino Acids in Sequences of Secreted Peptides of Multicellular Organisms. Vol. 85. pp. 57–71. doi:10.1007/978-3-0348-8837-0_4 (inactive 11 July 2025). ISBN 978-3-0348-9794-5. PMID 9949868.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Erspamer V, Melchiorri P, Falconieri-Erspamer G, et al. (1989). "Deltorphins: a family of naturally occurring peptides with high affinity and selectivity for delta opioid binding sites". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86 (13): 5188–92. Bibcode:1989PNAS...86.5188E. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.13.5188. PMC 297583. PMID 2544892.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broccardo M, Erspamer V, Falconieri Erspamer G, et al. (1981). "Pharmacological data on dermorphins, a new class of potent opioid peptides from amphibian skin". Br. J. Pharmacol. 73 (3): 625–31. doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1981.tb16797.x. PMC 2071698. PMID 7195758.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kreil G (15 April 1994). "Peptides containing a D-amino acid from frogs and molluscs". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (15): 10967–70. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)78075-2. PMID 8157620.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heck SD, Faraci WS, Kelbaugh PR, Saccomano NA, Thadeio PF, Volkmann RA (1996). "Posttranslational amino acid epimerization: enzyme-catalyzed isomerization of amino acid residues in peptide chains". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (9): 4036–9. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.4036H. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.9.4036. PMC 39482. PMID 8633012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bogdanich W (19 June 2012). "Turning to Frogs for Illegal Aid in Horse Races". New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2012.