Zhang, Yan, Romero, Hector, Salinas, Gustavo, Gladyshev, Vadim N
Abstract Background Selenocysteine (Sec) is co-translationally inserted into protein in response to UGA codons. It occurs in oxidoreductase active sites and often is catalytically superior to...
Zhang, Yan, Romero, Hector, Salinas, Gustavo, Gladyshev, Vadim
Background: Selenocysteine (Sec) is co-translationally inserted into protein in response to UGA codons. It occurs in oxidoreductase active sites and often is catalytically superior to cysteine (Cys)....
Evolution of selenium utilization traits (2005)
Romero, Hector, Zhang, Yan, Gladyshev, Vadim, Salinas, Gustavo
Background: The essential trace element selenium is used in a wide variety of biological processes. Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21st amino acid, is co-translationally incorporated into a restricted set...
Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Woman's University, 1987.
Zhang, Yan, Romero, Hector, Salinas, Gustavo, Gladyshev, Vadim N
Comparative genomics and evolutionary analyses to examine the dynamics of selenocysteine utilization in bacteria reveal a dynamic balance between selenoprotein origin and loss.