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Neoendorphins are a group of endogenous opioid peptides derived from the proteolytic cleavage of prodynorphin. They include α-neoendorphin and β-neoendorphin. The α-neoendorphin is present in greater amounts in the brain than β-neoendorphin. Both are products of the dynorphin gene, which also expresses dynorphin A, dynorphin A-, and dynorphin B. These opioid neurotransmitters are especially active in Central Nervous System receptors, whose primary function is pain sensation. These peptides all have the consensus amino acid sequence of Try-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met or Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu. Binding of neoendorphins to opioid receptors , in the dorsal root ganglion neurons results in the reduction of time of calcium-dependent action potential. The α-neoendorphins bind OPRD1, OPRK1, and OPRM1 and β-neoendorphin bind OPRK1.