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Selenoprotein vs Selenocysteine - What's the difference?

selenoprotein | selenocysteine |

Selenoprotein is a see also of selenocysteine.


As nouns the difference between selenoprotein and selenocysteine

is that selenoprotein is (protein) any of many proteins that includes a selenocysteine or selenomethionine residue while selenocysteine is (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.

selenoprotein

English

Noun

(wikipedia selenoprotein) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of many proteins that includes a selenocysteine or selenomethionine residue
  • selenocysteine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia selenocysteine)
  • (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
  • See also

    *selenoprotein