Preferred Name |
Selenocysteine |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1223 |
CAS_Registry |
10236-58-5 |
CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:16633 |
Chemical_Formula |
C3H7NO2Se |
code |
C1223 |
Concept_In_Subset | |
Contributing_Source |
FDA |
DEFINITION |
An unusual amino acid of proteins, the selenium analogue of cysteine, in which a selenium atom replaces sulphur. Involved in the catalytic mechanism of seleno enzymes such as formate dehydrogenase of E. coli and mammalian glutathione peroxidase. |
FDA_UNII_Code |
0CH9049VIS |
FULL_SYN |
3-Selenyl-L-Alanine SeC |
label |
Selenocysteine |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Selenocysteine |
Preferred_Name |
Selenocysteine |
prefixIRI |
C1223 |
prefLabel |
Selenocysteine |
Semantic_Type |
Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein |
UMLS_CUI |
C0074289 |
subClassOf |