selenocysteine incorporation

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Nameselenocysteine incorporation
IDGO_0001514
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Biological process

Description

The incorporation of selenocysteine into a peptide; uses a special tRNA that recognizes the UGA codon as selenocysteine, rather than as a termination codon. Selenocysteine is synthesized from serine before its incorporation; it is not a posttranslational modification of peptidyl-cysteine.

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