Biosynthesis of selenocysteine on its tRNA in eukaryotes.

Selenocysteine (Sec) is cotranslationally inserted into protein in response to UGA codons and is the 21st amino acid in the genetic code. However, the means by which Sec is synthesized in eukaryotes is not known. Herein, comparative genomics and experimental analyses revealed that the mammalian Sec...

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Main Authors: Xue-Ming Xu, Bradley A Carlson, Heiko Mix, Yan Zhang, Kazima Saira, Richard S Glass, Marla J Berry, Vadim N Gladyshev, Dolph L Hatfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050004