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Low Exchangeability of Selenocysteine, the 21st Amino Acid, in Vertebrate Proteins

Low Exchangeability of Selenocysteine, the 21st Amino Acid, in Vertebrate Proteins

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Low Exchangeability of Selenocysteine, the 21st Amino Acid, in Vertebrate Proteins

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Low Exchangeability of Selenocysteine, the 21st Amino Acid, in Vertebrate Proteins

Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

Journal title

Molecular biology and evolution, 2009-09, Vol.26 (9), p.2031-2040

Language

English

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United States: Oxford University Press

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Contents

Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid, is incorporated into proteins through the recoding of a termination codon, an inefficient translational process mediated by a complex molecular machinery. Sec is a rare amino acid in extant proteins, chemically similar to cysteine (Cys), found in homologous position to Cys of nonselenoprotein families. Sel...

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Low Exchangeability of Selenocysteine, the 21st Amino Acid, in Vertebrate Proteins

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3171245057

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_3171245057

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ISSN

0737-4038

E-ISSN

1537-1719

DOI

10.1093/molbev/msp109

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