"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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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.712.600 D02.886.030.230.700 D12.125.166.230.700
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Selenocysteine" by people in Profiles.
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Schaefer-Ramadan S, Thorpe C, Rozovsky S. Site-specific insertion of selenium into the redox-active disulfide of the flavoprotein augmenter of liver regeneration. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2014 Apr 15; 548:60-5.
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Schaefer SA, Dong M, Rubenstein RP, Wilkie WA, Bahnson BJ, Thorpe C, Rozovsky S. (77)Se enrichment of proteins expands the biological NMR toolbox. J Mol Biol. 2013 Jan 23; 425(2):222-31.