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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem
; 80(10): 1970-2, 2016 Oct.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27405844
RESUMEN
Biosynthesis of selenocysteine-containing proteins requires monoselenophosphate, a selenium-donor intermediate generated by selenophosphate synthetase (Sephs). A non-radioactive assay was developed as an alternative to the standard [8-(14)C] AMP-quantifying assay. The product, AMP, was measured using a recombinant pyruvate pyrophosphate dikinase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. The KM and kcat for Sephs2-Sec60Cys were determined to be 26 µM and 0.352 min(-1), respectively.