A novel protein kinase-like domain in a selenoprotein, widespread in the tree of life.

Selenoproteins serve important functions in many organisms, usually providing essential oxidoreductase enzymatic activity, often for defense against toxic xenobiotic substances. Most eukaryotic genomes possess a small number of these proteins, usually not more than 20. Selenoproteins belong to vario...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Dudkiewicz, Teresa Szczepińska, Marcin Grynberg, Krzysztof Pawłowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22359664/?tool=EBI