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Oct 9, 2012 · The mechanism of selenocysteine synthesis. Selenocysteine, also known as the 21st amino acid, is unique among the proteinogenic amino acids. It is the only amino acid containing an essential dietary micronutrient (selenium) as a constitutive component, the only amino acid encoded by a UGA codon and the only one synthesized on its tRNA in all domains of life.
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Selenocysteine, the 21st amino acid, has been found in 25...
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Point mutations in SepSecS give rise to progressive...
- The Selenocysteine-specific Elongation Factor Contains a Novel and Multi-functional Domain
The selenocysteine (Sec)-specific eukaryotic elongation...
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Background: Selenocysteine incorporation requires unique...
- Structure of a tRNA-dependent Kinase Essential for Selenocysteine Decoding
Overall Structure. The crystal structure of MjPSTK was...
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Nov 15, 2022 · Abstract. Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st genetically encoded amino acid, is structurally similar to cysteine (Cys) but with a sulfur to selenium replacement. This small change confers Sec with related chemical properties to Cys but often with enhanced reactivity. In organisms, Sec is present in selenoproteins taking on various roles such as ...
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Aug 1, 2013 · Abstract. Selenium is an essential trace element that is incorporated into 25 human proteins as the amino acid selenocysteine (Sec). The incorporation of this amino acid turns out to be a fascinating problem in molecular biology because Sec is encoded by a stop codon, UGA. Layered on top of the canonical translation elongation machinery is a ...
- Jonathan N. Gonzalez-Flores, Sumangala P. Shetty, Aditi Dubey, Paul R. Copeland
- 10.1515/bmc-2013-0007
- 2013
- 2013/08/08
Selenocysteine (symbol Sec or U, [4] in older publications also as Se-Cys) [5] is the 21st proteinogenic amino acid. Selenoproteins contain selenocysteine residues. Selenocysteine is an analogue of the more common cysteine with selenium in place of the sulfur . Selenocysteine is present in several enzymes (for example glutathione peroxidases ...
- C₃H₇NO₂Se
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Mar 10, 2011 · Dehydroalanine had been identified as the intermediate in E. coli wherein SelA acted on seryl-tRNA [Ser]Sec to yield dehydroalanyl-tRNA [Ser]Sec (9, 11); however, the available evidence suggested that the intermediate formed by the action of SecS on O-phosphoseryl-tRNA [Ser]Sec was indeed the same as in E. coli . The Sec biosynthetic pathway ...
- Anton A. Turanov, Xue-Ming Xu, Bradley A. Carlson, Min-Hyuk Yoo, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Dolph L. Hatfie...
- 10.3945/an.110.000265
- 2011
- Adv Nutr. 2011 Mar; 2(2): 122-128.
thesis . A selenocysteine residue is encoded by the UGA codon in selenoprotein mRNA , which is decoded by selenocysteyl-tRNA [Ser]Sec [ 3 , 4 ]. The selenocysteine moiety on selenocysteyl-tRNA [Ser]Sec is biosynthesized using selenophosphate , which is produced from selenide and ATP by selenophosphate synthetase [ 5 , 6 ].
Oct 30, 2005 · Abstract. Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid, exists naturally in all kingdoms of life as the defining entity of selenoproteins. Sec is a cysteine (Cys) residue analogue with a selenium-containing selenol group in place of the sulfur-containing thiol group in Cys. The selenium atom gives Sec quite different properties from Cys.
