Gene: [08q2/ENKA] enkephalin A (preproenkephalin A); [PENK ]


GEN

The gene length is 5.2 kb. Exons: 3 (213, 141, and 980 bp); introns: 2. The preproenkephalin contains 267 amino acid residues."

FAG

On the related genes, see GEM:20p1/ENKB (preproenkephalin B or prodynorphin) and GEM:02p233/POMC (proopiomelanocortin)."

REF

PEP,SEQ,MOP,EVO,MAM "Bairoch A: FEBS Lett, 145, N1, 121-122, 1982
CLO,SEQ,EXP,HUM "Comb M &: Nature, 295, (25 Feb), 663-666, 1982a
CLO,SEQ,EXP,MAM,PRO "Comb M &: PNAS, 79, (Jan), 360-364, 1982b
CLO,SEQ,EXP,MAM,PRO "Gubler &: Nature, 295, (21 Jan), 206-208, 1982
CLO,GEN,MOP "Legon S &: NAR, 10, 7905-7918, 1982
CLO,GEN,POL "Litt M, Buder: NAR, 17, 465, 1989
LOC,MOL "Litt M &: AJHG, 42, 327-334, 1988
CLO,GEN,MOP "Noda M &: Nature, 297, (3 Jun), 431-434, 1982
CLO,GEN,MOP "Terao M &: EMBO J, 2, 2223-2228, 1983
PRO,POL "Weber JL, May: NAR, 18, 2200, 1990

SWI

 SWISSPROT: P01210

KEY

neu

CLA

coding, basic

LOC

08 q23-24

MIM

 MIM: 131330

SYN

PENK