Selenocysteine
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Selenocysteine is the 21st proteinogenic amino acid. Selenoproteins contain selenocysteine residues. Selenocysteine is an analogue of the more common cysteine with selenium in place of the sulfur.
Selenocysteine synthesis
Thressa Stadtman
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Thressa Campbell Stadtman was an American biochemist, notable for her discovery of selenocysteine, and her research on selenoproteins and bioenergetics. In addition she made significant advances in am
Selenocysteine
…occurs in all three domains of life, including important enzymes (listed above) present in humans. Selenocysteine was discovered in 1974 by biochemist Thressa Stadtman at the National Institutes of Health. Selenocysteine is the Se-analogue of cysteine. It is rarely encountered outside of living tissue (nor is it…
Thressa Stadtman in her lab, ca. 1970s