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selenocysteine catabolic process

Known as: selenocysteine breakdown, selenocysteine catabolism, selenocysteine degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other… 
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2017
2017
The utilization of selenocysteine-tRNA[Ser]Sec isoforms is regulated in part at the level of translation in vitro
ABSTRACT The tRNA for the 21st proteinogenic amino acid, selenocysteine, exists in mammalian cells as 2 isoforms differing by a… 
2015
2015
Effects of Se on the Diversity of SelT Synthesis and Distribution in Different Smooth Muscle Tissues in Rats
Selenium (Se) is a nutritionally essential trace element associated with health and disease, including many muscle diseases… 
2013
2013
Structure of dipeptides having N-terminal selenocysteine residues: a DFT study in gas and aqueous phase
Over the last few decades, dipeptides as well as their analogues have served as important model systems for the computational… 
1999
1999
The zebrafish genome contains two distinct selenocysteine tRNA[Ser]Sec genes
1999
1999
Enzymological Studies of Cysteine Desulfurase and Selenocysteine Lyase(システインデスルフラーゼとセレノシステインリアーゼの酵素学的研究)
1997
1997
Selenocysteine tRNA[Ser]Sec levels and selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activity in mouse embryonic stem cells heterozygous for a targeted mutation in the tRNA[Ser]Sec gene.
To investigate the effect of a reduced level of selenocysteine (Sec) tRNA[Ser]Sec in selenoprotein biosynthesis, two mouse… 
1994
1994
Reconstitution of the biosynthetic pathway of selenocysteine tRNAs in Xenopus oocytes.
Selenocysteine is cotranslationally introduced into a growing polypeptide in response to certain UGA codons in selenoprotein… 
1994
1994
Etude structurale et fonctionnelle du trna selenocysteine eucaryote
L'aminoacide selenocysteine represente la forme biologique du selenium incorpore cotraductionnellement dans les selenoenzymes… 
1992
1992
Someproperties ofmurine selenocysteine synthase
Selenocysteine (Scy) was synthesized on natural opal suppressortRNASer byconversion fromseryl-tRNA. Westudied the mechanisms… 
1986
1986
Use of selenite, selenide, and selenocysteine for the synthesis of formate dehydrogenase by a cysteine-requiring mutant ofEscherichia coli K-12
The forms of Se in the Se-dependent enzyme formate dehydrogenase is known to be selenocysteine, but the way this amino acid… 
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