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Formation of a Ternary Complex for Selenocysteine Biosynthesis in Bacteria.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Dec 2015
Silva Ivan R, Serrão Vitor H B, Manzine Livia R, Faim Lívia M, da Silva Marco T A, Makki Raphaela, Saidemberg Daniel M, Cornélio Marinônio L, Palma Mário S, Thiemann Otavio H
Abstract excerpt
The synthesis of selenocysteine-containing proteins (selenoproteins) involves the interaction of selenocysteine synthase (SelA), tRNA (tRNA(Sec)), selenophosphate synthetase (SelD, SPS), a specific elongation factor (SelB), and a specific mRNA sequence known as selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS). Because selenium compounds are highly toxic in the cellular environment, the association of selenium with...
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