Concept information
Preferred term
Selenocysteine
Type
-
mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- A naturally occurring amino acid in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. It is found in tRNAs and in the catalytic site of some enzymes. The genes for glutathione peroxidase and formate dehydrogenase contain the TGA codon, which codes for this amino acid.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 0CH9049VIS
- 10236-58-5 (Selenocysteine)
- 18312-66-8 (DL-isomer)
- 3614-08-2 (cpd w/o isomeric designation)
- 3-Selenylalanine
- L-Alanine, 3-selenyl-
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analogs & derivatives (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- deficiency (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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0CH9049VIS
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10236-58-5 (Selenocysteine)
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18312-66-8 (DL-isomer)
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3614-08-2 (cpd w/o isomeric designation)
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D26JFZPD-B
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