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. 1982 Jan;79(2):374–377. doi: 10.1073/pnas.79.2.374

Selenium-containing tRNAGlu from Clostridium sticklandii: correlation of aminoacylation with selenium content.

W M Ching, T C Stadtman
PMCID: PMC345739  PMID: 6176991

Abstract

Selenium-containing amino acid tRNAs are normal components of several bacterial tRNA populations. In Clostridium sticklandii seleno-nucleotides occur in at least four different tRNA species which account for 5--8% of the total tRNA population. One of these has been isolated in a highly purified form and shown to be an isoaccepting tRNAGlu. Experimental evidence indicates that the presence of the seleno-nucleotide in this tRNAGlu is essential for its acylation with glutamate.

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