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The path of unspecific incorporation of selenium in Escherichia coli.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Nov 1997
Müller S, Heider J, Böck A
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The path of unspecific selenium incorporation into proteins was studied in Escherichia coli mutants blocked in the biosynthesis of cysteine and methionine or altered in its regulation. Selenium incorporation required all enzymatic steps of cysteine biosynthesis except sulfite reduction, indicating that intracellular reduction of selenite occurs nonenzymatically. Cysteine (but not methionine) supplementation...
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