 Selenocysteine
"Selenocysteine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally occurring amino acid in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. It is found in tRNAs and in the catalytic site of some enzymes. The genes for glutathione peroxidase and formate dehydrogenase contain the TGA codon, which codes for this amino acid.
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D017279
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D02.712.600 D02.886.030.230.700 D12.125.166.230.700
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Selenocysteine" by people in Profiles.
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Chandler JD, Nichols DP, Nick JA, Hondal RJ, Day BJ. Selective metabolism of hypothiocyanous acid by mammalian thioredoxin reductase promotes lung innate immunity and antioxidant defense. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jun 21; 288(25):18421-8.
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Fixsen SM, Howard MT. Processive selenocysteine incorporation during synthesis of eukaryotic selenoproteins. J Mol Biol. 2010 Jun 11; 399(3):385-96.
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Ringquist S, Schneider D, Gibson T, Baron C, B?ck A, Gold L. Recognition of the mRNA selenocysteine insertion sequence by the specialized translational elongation factor SELB. Genes Dev. 1994 Feb 01; 8(3):376-85.
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