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The 270-MHz 'H and 68-MHz 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of Met-enkephalin (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met) and Met-enkephalinamide are analyzed in a variety of solvents. For the dipolar form of Met-enkephalin in (C2H3)2S0 solution, significant concentration dependences are found of C-a proton chemical shifts, indicating an aromatic ring-current effect in molecular aggregates. An anomalous temperature dependence is observed of the amide proton chemical shift of the Met-5 residue. Furthermore, the chemical shifts of C-cc protons of the dipolar form are found to depend appreciably on temperature. From the analyses of the temperature dependences together with concentration dependences of C-cc proton resonances, the dipolar form of Met-enkephalin is found to be in an equilibrium of folded and extended conformations at low concentration in (C2H3

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