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Selenocysteine: An amino acid in which selenium takes the place of sulfur in the amino acid cysteine. Its formula is H-Se-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH. Selenocysteine is an essential component of selenium-containing proteins, or selenoproteins.
Selenocysteine has been recognized for the past fifteen years as the 21st "natural" amino acid. It is now known to occur in several dozen proteins, its mRNA codon being UGA ...
Selenocysteine (Se-Cys) is an amino acid. that is present in several enzyme. s (for example glutathione peroxidase. s, tetraiodothyronine 5' deiodinases, thioredoxin reductase
Selenocysteine is an amino acid that is present in several enzymes (for example glutathione peroxidases, tetraiodothyronine 5' deiodinases, thioredoxin reductases ...
Abstract. Selenocysteine is recognized as the 21st amino acid in ribosome-mediated protein synthesis and its specific incorporation is directed by the UGA codon.
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