Selenocysteine - 21st.amino acid of the universal genetic code

• Authors: J. Pawelkiewicz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Biosynthesis and properties of selenocysteine - 21st amino acid of the diverse genetic code are discussed.New structural pecularities of Sec-tRNA ser as mRNA are crucial for incorporation of selenocysteine into some proteins.Pseudoknot structure can be formed within mRNA and play a regulatory role in translation.

Keywords

EN

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC CODE; SELENOCYSTEINE

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 1993
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 132-136

Contributors

author

J. Pawelkiewicz

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: J.Pawelkiewicz