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selenoproteins

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005729

Selenoproteins are proteins that specifically incorporate selenocysteine into their amino acid chain. Most selenoproteins are enzymes with the selenocysteine residues being responsible for their catalytic functions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005729
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoproteins; selenocysteine; seleno amino acids
TranslationsSpanish: selenoproteínas
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005729",
  "term": "selenoproteins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Selenoproteins are proteins that specifically incorporate selenocysteine into their amino acid chain. Most selenoproteins are enzymes with the selenocysteine residues being responsible for their catalytic functions.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "proteins",
    "selenocysteine",
    "seleno amino acids"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "selenoproteínas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/selenoproteins/"
}

Record 5,729 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.