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Also known as ELD 950, ELD-950, eledone peptide

Eledoisin is an undecapeptide of mollusk origin, belonging to the tachykinin family of neuropeptides.

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Subclass of
tachykinins
Mass
1187.60088
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chemical formula
C₅₄H₈₅N₁₃O₁₅S
isomeric SMILES
CC[C@H](C)[C@@H](C(=O)NCC(=O)N[C@@H](CC(C)C)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCSC)C(=O)N)NC(=O)[C@H](CC1=CC=CC=C1)NC(=O)[C@H](C)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(=O)O)NC(=O)[C@H](CCCCN)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@@H]2CCCN2C(=O)[C@@H]3CCC(=O)N3
canonical SMILES
CCC(C)C(C(=O)NCC(=O)NC(CC(C)C)C(=O)NC(CCSC)C(=O)N)NC(=O)C(CC1=CC=CC=C1)NC(=O)C(C)NC(=O)C(CC(=O)O)NC(=O)C(CCCCN)NC(=O)C(CO)NC(=O)C2CCCN2C(=O)C3CCC(=O)N3
subject has role
neurotransmitter
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Eledoisin
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Eledoisin is an undecapeptide of mollusk origin, belonging to the tachykinin family of neuropeptides.

It was first isolated from the posterior salivary glands of two mollusk species Eledone muschata and Eledone aldovandi, which belong to the octopod order of Cephalopoda.

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