Hector Romero

Publication List Details

Period

1968 - 2006

Number

6

Co-Authors

Dynamic evolution of selenocysteine utilization in bacteria: a balance between selenoprotein loss and evolution of selenocysteine from redox active cysteine residues (2006)

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...

Dynamic evolution of selenocysteine utilization in bacteria: a balance between selenoprotein loss and evolution of selenocysteine from redox active cysteine residues (2006)

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...

Dynamic evolution of selenocysteine utilization in bacteria: a balance between selenoprotein loss and evolution of selenocysteine from redox active cysteine residues

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.