Selenocysteine, soluble liver antigen/li
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Johannes Herkel; Michael P. Manns; Ansgar W. Lohse
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The trace element selenium is found in proteins as selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid to participate in ribosome-mediated translation. The substrate for ribosomal protein synthesis is selenocysteinyl-tRNASec. Its biosynthesis from seryl-tRNASec has been established for bacteria, but the mecha