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Selenocysteine (symbol Sec or U, in
older publications also as Se-Cys) is the 21st
proteinogenic amino acid.
Selenoproteins contain selenocysteine residues...
- (proteinogenic)
amino acids, 20 in the
standard genetic code and an
additional 2 (
selenocysteine and pyrrolysine) that can be
incorporated by
special translation mechanisms...
- as forage, e.g. locoweed.
Selenium is a
component of the
amino acids selenocysteine and selenomethionine. In humans,
selenium is a
trace element nutrient...
- In biology, the
SECIS element (SECIS:
selenocysteine insertion sequence) is an RNA
element around 60
nucleotides in
length that
adopts a stem-loop structure...
- acids.
Selenocysteine (Sec, U) is a rare
amino acid not
directly encoded by DNA, but is
incorporated into
proteins via the ribosome.
Selenocysteine has a...
- In
molecular biology a
selenoprotein is any
protein that
includes a
selenocysteine (Sec, U, Se-Cys)
amino acid residue.
Among functionally characterized...
- cofactor. Each
subunit contains a
selenocysteine (Sec)
residue which is
required for
catalytic activity. The
selenocysteine is
encoded by the UGA
codon that...
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enzymes contain selenium, in the form of an
otherwise rare
amino acid
selenocysteine.
These enzymes are not to be
confused with the
iodotyrosine deiodinases...
- The
enzyme selenocysteine lyase (SCL) (EC 4.4.1.16)
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-
selenocysteine +
reduced acceptor ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
- Of the twenty-one
amino acids common to all life
forms (including
selenocysteine), dogs
cannot synthesize ten: arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine...
