selenocysteine

See also: sélénocystéine

English

Etymology

From seleno- +‎ cysteine.

Noun

selenocysteine (countable and uncountable, plural selenocysteines)

  1. (biochemistry) 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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