Compensating for the absence of selenocysteine in high-molecular weight thioredoxin reductases: The electrophilic activation hypothesis

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 664-674

  Lothrop, Adam P ^a   Snider, Gregg W ^a   Flemer, Stevenson ^a   Ruggles, Erik L ^a   Davidson, Ronald S ^b   Lamb, Audrey L ^b   Hondal, Robert J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; ELECTROPHILIC ACTIVATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

COVALENT BONDS; MAMMALS; SULFUR;

AMINO ACIDS;

HOMOCYSTEINE; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; DISULFIDES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SELENOCYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

EID: 84893675284     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi4007258     Document Type: Article

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