Rubiscolin

The rubiscolins are a group of opioid peptides that are formed during digestion of the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) protein from spinach leaves. Two of them are known, acting as weak agonists of the delta opioid receptor selective for the G protein signaling pathway.

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