Protein Information

Name selenocysteine lyase
Synonyms SCL; SCL; SCLY; Selenocysteine lyase; Selenocysteine lyase variant; Selenocysteine lyases; Selenocysteine lyase variants; selenocysteine beta lyase…

Compound Information

Name sulfur
CAS sulfur

Reference List

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20164179 Omi R, Kurokawa S, Mihara H, Hayashi H, Goto M, Miyahara I, Kurihara T, Hirotsu K, Esaki N: Reaction mechanism and molecular basis for selenium/sulfur discrimination of selenocysteine lyase. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 17.
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19968861 Poliak P, Van Hoewyk D, Obornik M, Zikova A, Stuart KD, Tachezy J, Pilon M, Lukes J: Functions and cellular localization of cysteine desulfurase and selenocysteine lyase in Trypanosoma brucei. FEBS J. 2010 Jan;277(2):383-93. Epub 2009 Dec 7.

Nfs-like proteins have cysteine desulfurase (CysD) activity, which removes sulfur (S) from cysteine, and provides S for iron-sulfur cluster assembly and the thiolation of tRNAs.
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