Differing views of the role of selenium in thioredoxin reductase

Amino Acids

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-89

  Hondal, Robert J ^a   Ruggles, Erik L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophile; Leaving group; Nucleophile; Seleninic acid; Selenocysteine; Sulfinic acid

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE SULFINIC ACID; SELENINIC ACID; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOCYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELENIUM; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959345933     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0494-6     Document Type: Review

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