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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Oligopeptides > N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
Biological Factors > Chemotactic Factors > N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Methionine > N-Formylmethionine > N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
... > Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Amino Acids, Sulfur > Methionine > N-Formylmethionine > N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine

Preferred term

N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A formylated tripeptide originally isolated from bacterial filtrates that is positively chemotactic to polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and causes them to release lysosomal enzymes and become metabolically activated.

Entry terms

  • 59880-97-6
  • Formylmethionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine
  • Formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine
  • Formylmet-Leu-Phe
  • L-Phenylalanine, N-(N-(N-formyl-L-methionyl)-L-leucyl)-
  • N-Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JKQ75MRW-0

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