Computational identification of the selenocysteine tRNA (tRNASec) in genomes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005383
Abstract: Selenocysteine (Sec) is known as the 21st amino acid, a cysteine analogue with selenium replacing sulphur. Sec is inserted co-translationally in a small fraction of proteins called selenoproteins. In selenoprotein genes, the Sec specific tRNA… read more here.
Keywords: trna trnasec; sec; biology; selenocysteine ... See more keywords
Bioinformatic Prediction of an tRNASec Gene Nested inside an Elongation Factor SelB Gene in Alphaproteobacteria
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DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094605
Abstract: In bacteria, selenocysteine (Sec) is incorporated into proteins via the recoding of a particular codon, the UGA stop codon in most cases. Sec-tRNASec is delivered to the ribosome by the Sec-dedicated elongation factor SelB that… read more here.
Keywords: elongation factor; codon; gene; trnasec ... See more keywords