"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Selenocysteine" by people in Profiles.
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Se-methylselenocysteine inhibits phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity of mouse mammary epithelial tumor cells in vitro. Breast Cancer Res. 2005; 7(5):R699-707.
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Identification of a novel selD homolog from eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea: is there an autoregulatory mechanism in selenocysteine metabolism? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Dec 24; 93(26):15086-91.
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Selenocysteine's mechanism of incorporation and evolution revealed in cDNAs of three glutathione peroxidases. Protein Eng. 1988 Sep; 2(3):239-46.