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  • Title: Selenite reduction by the thioredoxin system: kinetics and identification of protein-bound selenide.
    Author: Tamura T, Sato K, Komori K, Imai T, Kuwahara M, Okugochi T, Mihara H, Esaki N, Inagaki K.
    Journal: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem; 2011; 75(6):1184-7. PubMed ID: 21670519.
    Abstract:
    Selenite (SeO(3)(2-)) assimilation into a bacterial selenoprotein depends on thioredoxin (trx) reductase in Esherichia coli, but the molecular mechanism has not been elucidated. The mineral-oil overlay method made it possible to carry out anaerobic enzyme assay, which demonstrated an initial lag-phase followed by time-dependent steady NADPH consumption with a positive cooperativity toward selenite and trx. SDS-PAGE/autoradiography using (75)Se-labeled selenite as substrate revealed the formation of trx-bound selenium in the reaction mixture. The protein-bound selenium has metabolic significance in being stabilized in the divalent state, and it also produced the selenopersulfide (-S-SeH) form by the catalysis of E. coli trx reductase (TrxB).
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