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. 1990 Jan;87(2):543-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.2.543.

In vitro synthesis of selenocysteinyl-tRNA(UCA) from seryl-tRNA(UCA): involvement and characterization of the selD gene product

W Leinfelder  1 , K Forchhammer, B Veprek, E Zehelein, A Böck
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In vitro synthesis of selenocysteinyl-tRNA(UCA) from seryl-tRNA(UCA): involvement and characterization of the selD gene product

W Leinfelder et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

The selD gene from Escherichia coli, whose product is involved in selenium metabolism, has been cloned and sequenced. selD codes for a protein of 347 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 36,687. Analysis of the selD gene product through expression of the gene in the phage T7 promoter/polymerase system confirmed the predicted molecular weight of the protein. Gene disruption experiments demonstrated that the SelD protein is required both for the incorporation of selenium into the modified nucleoside 5-methylaminomethyl-2-selenouridine of tRNA and for the biosynthesis of selenocysteine from an L-serine residue esterbonded to tRNA(Ser)(UCA). tRNA(Ser)(UCA) has been purified, aminoacylated with L-serine, and used as a substrate for the development of an in vitro system for selenocysteine biosynthesis. Efficient formation of selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Ser)(UCA) was achieved by using extracts in which both the selD and the selA gene products were overproduced. The results demonstrate that selenocysteine is synthesized from L-serine bound to tRNA(UCA) and they are in accord with SelD functioning as a donor of reduced selenium.

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