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The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids, organic acids containing one or more amino substituents. The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione. The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element selenium or compounds that contain selenium, such as selenocysteine. The chemical reactions and pathways involving selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins. The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids containing sulfur, comprising cysteine, homocysteine, methionine and selenocysteine. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins. The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids of the serine family, comprising cysteine, glycine, homoserine, selenocysteine and serine. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: selenocysteine metabolic process
Acc: GO:0016259
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins.
Synonyms:
  • selenocysteine metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 9 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 16 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0016259 - selenocysteine metabolic process (interactive image map)
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