An Element of Life

• Autores: Douglas R. Green
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 172, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 389-390
• Idioma: inglés
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  • While it has been known for decades that the essential function of selenium was in the form of its incorporation as selenocysteine into selenoproteins—including the enzyme glutathione peroxidase-4—now, Ingold et al. (2018) reveal the precise role of selenolate-based catalysis by this enzyme.