title: Selenalysine transamination by a bovine brain enzyme.
abstract: Selenalysine is deaminated by glutamine transaminase from bovine brain, leading to the production of the corresponding alpha-ketoacid, which spontaneously cyclizes to a ketimine form. Selenalysine shows a good affinity for the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blarzino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coccia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foppoli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pensa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Marco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D012643:Selenium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D000637:Transaminases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid
chemical_list: D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; C011351:selenalysine; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid; D000637:Transaminases; C020656:glutamine-pyruvate aminotransferase; D012643:Selenium; D008239:Lysine