Search for a selenocysteine tRNA in Bacillus subtilis.
Activity to convert serine to selenocysteine in B. subtilis was studied but no activity was detected. In addition, although we tried to find its selenocysteine tRNA (tRNA(SeCys)) gene from a total genome sequence (1) by the computer search with FASTA against E. coli selC (2), no convincing candidate was found. These results suggest that in B. subtilis, selenium-related system is considerably different from known one like E. coli.
Matsugi
J
J
Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Murao
K
K
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D012345:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D012984:Software
D012345:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific; C036928:tRNA, selenocysteine-