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selenocysteine

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

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A naturally-occurring amino acid, present in several enzymes, whose structure is that of cysteine but with the sulfur atom replaced by one of selenium

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Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- English cysteine English selenocysteine From seleno- + cysteine.

selenocysteines (plural)

selenocysteinyl

selenoprotein

What does selenocysteine mean?: A naturally-occurring amino acid, present in several enzymes, whose structure is that of cysteine but with the sulfur atom replaced by one of selenium
Where does selenocysteine come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- English cysteine English selenocysteine From seleno- + cysteine.

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