title: Search for a selenocysteine tRNA in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsugi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murao
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012345:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific; C036928:tRNA, selenocysteine-