The algal selenoproteomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Selenium is an essential trace element, and selenocysteine (Sec, U) is its predominant form in vivo. Proteins that contain Sec are selenoproteins, whose special structural features include not only the TGA codon encoding Sec but also the SECIS element in mRNA and the conservation of the Sec-flanking region. These unique features have led to the development of a series of bioinformatics methods to predict and research selenoprotein genes. There have been some studies and reports on the evolution and distribution of selenoprotein genes in prokaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes, but the systematic analysis of single-cell eukaryotes, especially algae, has been very limited.

Results

In this study, we predicted selenoprotein genes in 137 species of algae by using a pr

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539508 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature