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Crystal structures of the human elongation factor eEFSec suggest a non-canonical mechanism for selenocysteine incorporation
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2016.
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Abstract
- Specialized translation elongation factors (eEFSec and SelB) promote selenocysteine incorporation into proteins. Here, the authors report the structure of human eEFSec, examine its interactions with guanine nucleotides, and propose a non-canonical mechanism for decoding selenocysteine.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1bc117eaac2c4b32ae01b3db056620d1
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12941